SKY ยท MOON PHASE ยท IRELAND

Moon Phase Tonight โ€” Dublin

Tonight the Moon is a last quarter, 49% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Dublin in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT ยท DUBLIN
PhaseLast Quarter
Illuminated49% ยท waning
Moonrise1:58 AM
Moonsetโ€”

Computed for Dublin (53.3ยฐ, -6.3ยฐ) ยท rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is below the horizon over Dublin right now โ€” it rises at 1:58 AM. A modest Moon โ€” bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by12:13 AM
Sunrise4:58 AM
Moon up nowNo
Lit fraction49%

A modest Moon โ€” bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

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 โ€” for Dublin that's once it dips below the horizon.

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