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Moon Phase Tonight — Perth

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

THE MOON TONIGHT · PERTH
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise10:15 AM
Moonset7:45 PM

Computed for Perth (-32.0°, 115.9°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Perth right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by6:20 PM
Sunrise7:15 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 Perth that's after 7:45 PM tonight.

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