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Moon Phase Tonight — Salt Lake City

Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 23% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Salt Lake City in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · SALT LAKE CITY
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated23% · waxing
Moonrise11:15 AM
Moonset12:45 AM

Computed for Salt Lake City (40.8°, -111.9°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is below the horizon over Salt Lake City right now — it rises at 11:15 AM. A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by10:20 PM
Sunrise6:00 AM
Moon up nowNo
Lit fraction23%

A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

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 Salt Lake City that's after 12:45 AM tonight.

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