SKY · MOON PHASE · INDIA
Moon Phase Tonight — Kolkata
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Kolkata in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · KOLKATA
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:05 AM
Moonset8:55 PM
Computed for Kolkata (22.6°, 88.4°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Kolkata right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by7:20 PM
Sunrise4:55 AM
Moon up nowYes
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 Kolkata that's after 8:55 PM tonight.
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