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Moon Phase Tonight — Taipei

Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 23% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Taipei in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · TAIPEI
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated23% · waxing
Moonrise10:20 AM
Moonset10:35 PM

Computed for Taipei (25.0°, 121.6°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Taipei right now. A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by7:45 PM
Sunrise5:05 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction23%

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 Taipei that's after 10:35 PM tonight.

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