SKY · MOON PHASE · USA
Moon Phase Tonight — Dallas
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Dallas in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · DALLAS
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise9:00 AM
Moonset—
Computed for Dallas (32.8°, -96.8°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Dallas right now — it rises at 9:00 AM. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by9:45 PM
Sunrise6:20 AM
Moon up nowNo
Lit fraction6%
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
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 Dallas that's once it dips below the horizon.
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