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Is tonight a Moon night?

A daylight Moon window. The best window is 12:00–18:00; cloud cover looks cooperative.

Cairo· EgyptThursday, 12 November 2026 · 16:52 · Cairo

Tonight's verdict

A daylight Moon window

Weather-adjusted
54/100
Viewing score 54 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Fair

Best window 12:00–18:00 · 6 hrs · Fair (54/100)

Look SE · 27° above the horizon · 6 hrs

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

10%

Next moonrise

Tomorrow 10:00

Next moonset

Today 19:09

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 17:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Waxing Crescent · 10% lit

Altitude 20° · Azimuth 217° · 404,983 km

Northern-hemisphere orientation · NASA LRO surface

Tonight's outlook

The next 24 hours, without the guesswork

A deterministic viewing score, a recommended window, and the weather that could change the plan. All times are local to Cairo.

Read the scoring method

Best viewing window

12:00–18:00

6 hrs · look SE · 27° altitude · 2% mean cloud

Fri 13 Nov · local time in Cairo

DaylightSee it on the timeline

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
54/100
Viewing score 54 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Fair

Mostly clear during the best window

Not a scientific measurement. The index favours a Moon that is easy to see, not necessarily the sharpest surface detail.

Best time to look

Best contiguous window in the next 24 hours

Daylight

12:00–18:00

6 hrs · look SE · 27° altitude

Starts Fri 13 Nov local time. The window is the longest qualifying run at or above 50/100, selected by mean score.

Weather snapshot

Hourly forecast for the selected location

Open-Meteo

Overcast

85%

Cloud cover · 0% chance of precipitation

25°C nowValid 17:00 local

Moon altitude & cloud cover

Next 24 hours · local time · cloud bars rise from the horizon

Hover or focus an hour for details

Moon altitude Cloud cover Daylight / twilight Now

Weather: Open-Meteo

Fri 13 Nov · 12:00Moon 18°Cloud 10%Score 51 (Fair)Daylight
0°30°60°90°BEST WINDOWNOW · 16:5217:0020:0023:0002:0005:0008:0011:0014:0017:0017:00 · Moon 19° · Cloud 85% · Score 1818:00 · Moon 11° · Cloud 80% · Score 2519:00 · Moon 1° · Cloud 40% · Score 4720:00 · Moon -9° · Cloud 17% · Score 021:00 · Moon -21° · Cloud 100% · Score 022:00 · Moon -33° · Cloud 14% · Score 023:00 · Moon -45° · Cloud 0% · Score 000:00 · Moon -57° · Cloud 0% · Score 001:00 · Moon -70° · Cloud 0% · Score 002:00 · Moon -82° · Cloud 0% · Score 003:00 · Moon -84° · Cloud 0% · Score 004:00 · Moon -72° · Cloud 24% · Score 005:00 · Moon -60° · Cloud 31% · Score 006:00 · Moon -47° · Cloud 37% · Score 007:00 · Moon -35° · Cloud 40% · Score 008:00 · Moon -23° · Cloud 36% · Score 009:00 · Moon -11° · Cloud 26% · Score 010:00 · Moon 0° · Cloud 26% · Score 011:00 · Moon 9° · Cloud 31% · Score 3612:00 · Moon 18° · Cloud 10% · Score 5113:00 · Moon 26° · Cloud 0% · Score 5514:00 · Moon 31° · Cloud 0% · Score 5515:00 · Moon 32° · Cloud 0% · Score 5516:00 · Moon 31° · Cloud 0% · Score 5517:00 · Moon 26° · Cloud 0% · Score 55
Moon altitude is in degrees above the horizon. Cloud-cover bars run from the bottom of the chart. The highlighted band is the recommended contiguous viewing window; the gold line marks the current local time. Times are local to the selected location.
Hourly Moon viewing forecast
Local timeMoon altitudeCloud coverPrecipitation chanceScoreLight
Thu 12 Nov 17:0019 degrees85%0%18 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 18:0011 degrees80%0%25 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 19:001 degrees40%0%47 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 20:00-9 degrees17%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 21:00-21 degrees100%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 22:00-33 degrees14%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 23:00-45 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 00:00-57 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 01:00-70 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 02:00-82 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 03:00-84 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 04:00-72 degrees24%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 05:00-60 degrees31%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 06:00-47 degrees37%0%0 out of 100Twilight
Fri 13 Nov 07:00-35 degrees40%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 08:00-23 degrees36%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 09:00-11 degrees26%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 10:000 degrees26%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 11:009 degrees31%0%36 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 12:0018 degrees10%0%51 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 13:0026 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 14:0031 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 15:0032 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 16:0031 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Fri 13 Nov 17:0026 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight

Why this recommendation

  • Waxing Crescent at 10% illumination. Only a slim crescent is lit; look soon after sunset or before sunrise, close to the horizon.
  • The Moon climbs to about 32° around 15:00.
  • Next moonrise: Fri 13 Nov at 10:00.
  • Forecast cloud cover averages 2% during the best window, with a 0% chance of precipitation.
Limitations & methodShow
  • The Moon is above the horizon in daylight. The daylight score is capped because sky contrast is much lower.
  • The viewing score is a convenience index, not a scientific measurement of sky quality.
  • The Moon disc on this page is phase-correct but its orientation and surface detail are schematic; libration and parallactic angle are not modelled.
Full methodology →

Local context

Moonwatching from Cairo

At 30.0° N, the Moon follows a relatively high arc. The disc is shown in northern-hemisphere orientation with a NASA LRO surface.

All times on this page use the IANA time zone Africa/Cairo, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 30.04°, 31.24°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Cairo

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17

Nov

First Quarter Moon

13:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Above horizonMoon at 15° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 13:48 local time in Cairo on 17 November. Half of the visible disc is lit, and the terminator cuts across the middle. Long shadows make craters along the dividing line stand out.

Event details Above the horizon (15°) at the exact moment

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