SKY · MOON PHASE · UK
Moon Phase Tonight — Edinburgh
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Edinburgh in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · EDINBURGH
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise6:40 AM
Moonset12:30 AM
Computed for Edinburgh (56.0°, -3.2°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Edinburgh right now — it rises at 6:40 AM. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark byNo true dark
Sunrise4:30 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 Edinburgh that's after 12:30 AM tonight.
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