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Moon Phase Tonight — Vancouver

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

THE MOON TONIGHT · VANCOUVER
PhaseLast Quarter
Illuminated49% · waning
Moonrise1:48 AM
Moonset1:33 PM

Computed for Vancouver (49.3°, -123.1°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Vancouver right now. A bright Moon (49% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by11:03 PM
Sunrise5:08 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 Vancouver that's after 1:33 PM tonight.

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