SKY · MOON PHASE · USA
Moon Phase Tonight — Seattle
Tonight the Moon is a last quarter, 49% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Seattle in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · SEATTLE
PhaseLast Quarter
Illuminated49% · waning
Moonrise1:48 AM
Moonset1:28 PM
Computed for Seattle (47.6°, -122.3°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Seattle right now. A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by10:43 PM
Sunrise5:13 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction49%
A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
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 Seattle that's after 1:28 PM tonight.
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