SKY · MOON PHASE · USA
Moon Phase Tonight — San Diego
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over San Diego in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · SAN DIEGO
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:25 AM
Moonset10:10 PM
Computed for San Diego (32.7°, -117.2°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over San Diego right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by9:05 PM
Sunrise5:40 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 San Diego that's after 10:10 PM tonight.
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