SKY · MOON PHASE · USA
Moon Phase Tonight — Chicago
Tonight the Moon is a last quarter, 49% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Chicago in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · CHICAGO
PhaseLast Quarter
Illuminated49% · waning
Moonrise1:28 AM
Moonset1:03 PM
Computed for Chicago (41.9°, -87.6°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Chicago right now. A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by9:43 PM
Sunrise5:18 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction49%
A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
A bright, high Moon drowns out faint stars, nebulae and the Milky Way. The best deep-sky nights are around the new Moon, or when the Moon has set — for Chicago that's after 1:03 PM tonight.
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