SKY · MOON PHASE · NEW ZEALAND · DARK-SKY
Moon Phase Tonight — Queenstown
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Queenstown in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Queenstown (-45.0°, 168.7°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Queenstown right now. 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 Queenstown that's after 7:20 PM tonight.
Queenstown right now
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The live sky map shows the day/night line over Queenstown in real time.