SKY · MOON PHASE · SOUTH AFRICA
Moon Phase Tonight — Johannesburg
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 23% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Johannesburg in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Johannesburg (-26.2°, 28.0°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Johannesburg right now — it rises at 10:45 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 Johannesburg that's after 10:20 PM tonight.
Johannesburg right now
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The live sky map shows the day/night line over Johannesburg in real time.