SKY · MOON PHASE · USA

Moon Phase Tonight — Los Angeles

Tonight the Moon is a last quarter, 49% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Los Angeles in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · LOS ANGELES
PhaseLast Quarter
Illuminated49% · waning
Moonrise1:33 AM
Moonset1:13 PM

Computed for Los Angeles (34.1°, -118.2°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Los Angeles right now. A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by9:08 PM
Sunrise5:43 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction49%

A bright Moon (49% 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 Los Angeles that's after 1:13 PM tonight.

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