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Moon Phase Tonight — Rio de Janeiro
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Rio de Janeiro in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
Computed for Rio de Janeiro (-22.9°, -43.2°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is below the horizon over Rio de Janeiro right now — it rises at 9:04 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 Rio de Janeiro that's after 8:14 PM tonight.
Rio de Janeiro right now
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The live sky map shows the day/night line over Rio de Janeiro in real time.