SKY · MOON PHASE · RUSSIA
Moon Phase Tonight — Moscow
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Moscow in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · MOSCOW
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise—
Moonset11:40 PM
Computed for Moscow (55.8°, 37.6°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Moscow right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark byNo true dark
Sunrise3:45 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 Moscow that's after 11:40 PM tonight.
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