SKY · MOON PHASE · UK

Moon Phase Tonight — London

Tonight the Moon is a waxing gibbous, 86% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over London in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · LONDON
PhaseWaxing Gibbous
Illuminated86% · waxing
Moonrise6:50 PM
Moonset1:30 AM

Computed for London (51.5°, -0.1°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is below the horizon over London right now — it rises at 6:50 PM. A bright Moon (86% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by10:40 PM
Sunrise5:15 AM
Moon up nowNo
Lit fraction86%

A bright Moon (86% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

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 London that's after 1:30 AM tonight.

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