SKY · MOON PHASE · USA · DARK-SKY
Moon Phase Tonight — Death Valley
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Death Valley in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Death Valley (36.5°, -117.1°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Death Valley right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
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 Death Valley that's after 10:20 PM tonight.
Death Valley right now
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SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Death Valley in real time.