SKY · MOON PHASE · UK

Moon Phase Tonight — Manchester

Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Manchester in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · MANCHESTER
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise6:55 AM
Moonset12:10 AM

Computed for Manchester (53.5°, -2.2°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is below the horizon over Manchester right now — it rises at 6:55 AM. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by12:10 AM
Sunrise4:40 AM
Moon up nowNo
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 Manchester that's after 12:10 AM tonight.

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