SKY · MOON PHASE · CHINA
Moon Phase Tonight — Shanghai
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 6% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Shanghai in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.
THE MOON TONIGHT · SHANGHAI
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:00 AM
Moonset9:25 PM
Computed for Shanghai (31.2°, 121.5°) · rise/set times in local time.
The Moon is above the horizon over Shanghai right now. The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?
Dark by8:05 PM
Sunrise4:50 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 Shanghai that's after 9:25 PM tonight.
Shanghai right now
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