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Moon Phase Tonight — Sydney

Tonight the Moon is a last quarter, 49% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Sydney in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · SYDNEY
PhaseLast Quarter
Illuminated49% · waning
Moonrise12:03 AM
Moonset12:28 PM

Computed for Sydney (-33.9°, 151.2°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is below the horizon over Sydney right now — it rises at 12:03 AM. A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by5:53 PM
Sunrise6:58 AM
Moon up nowNo
Lit fraction49%

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 Sydney that's after 12:28 PM tonight.

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