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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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