SKY · MOON PHASE · FINLAND

Moon Phase Tonight — Helsinki

Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 23% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Helsinki in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · HELSINKI
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated23% · waxing
Moonrise
Moonset1:05 AM

Computed for Helsinki (60.2°, 24.9°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Helsinki right now. A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark byNo true dark
Sunrise3:55 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction23%

A modest Moon — 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 — for Helsinki that's after 1:05 AM tonight.

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