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Moon Phase Tonight — Indianapolis
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 23% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Indianapolis in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Indianapolis (39.8°, -86.2°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Indianapolis right now — it rises at 11:25 AM. A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
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 Indianapolis that's after 1:00 AM tonight.
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