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Moon Phase Tonight — Nashville

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

THE MOON TONIGHT · NASHVILLE
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:05 AM
Moonset10:55 PM

Computed for Nashville (36.2°, -86.8°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is below the horizon over Nashville right now — it rises at 8:05 AM. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by9:15 PM
Sunrise5:30 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 Nashville that's after 10:55 PM tonight.

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