SKY · MOON PHASE · AUSTRALIA
Moon Phase Tonight — Melbourne
Tonight the Moon is a last quarter, 49% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Melbourne in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Melbourne (-37.8°, 145.0°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Melbourne right now — it rises at 12:28 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 Melbourne that's after 12:53 PM tonight.
Melbourne right now
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SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Melbourne in real time.