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Moon Phase Tonight — Philadelphia
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Philadelphia in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Philadelphia (40.0°, -75.2°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Philadelphia 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?
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 Philadelphia that's after 11:20 PM tonight.
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