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Only a brief, low-quality opening. No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 11:00 · Fair (49/100).

Lagos· NigeriaWednesday, 11 November 2026 · 00:47 · Lagos

Tonight's verdict

Only a brief, low-quality opening

Weather-adjusted
49/100
Viewing score 49 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Fair

No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 11:00 · Fair (49/100)

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

3%

Next moonrise

Today 08:15

Next moonset

Today 20:12

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 01:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Waxing Crescent · 3% lit

Altitude -66° · Azimuth 213° · 402,220 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 Lagos.

Read the scoring method

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
49/100
Viewing score 49 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Fair

Score reflects cloud, altitude and darkness.

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

No qualifying window

No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 11:00 · Fair (49/100)

A window requires at least two consecutive hours with a score of 50 or better and the Moon above the horizon.

Weather snapshot

Hourly forecast for the selected location

Open-Meteo

Overcast

100%

Cloud cover · 35% chance of precipitation

26°C nowValid 01:00 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

Wed 11 Nov · 01:00Moon -67°Cloud 100%Score 0 (Poor)Night
0°30°60°90°NOW · 00:4701:0004:0007:0010:0013:0016:0019:0022:0001:0001:00 · Moon -67° · Cloud 100% · Score 002:00 · Moon -70° · Cloud 100% · Score 003:00 · Moon -64° · Cloud 100% · Score 004:00 · Moon -54° · Cloud 99% · Score 005:00 · Moon -42° · Cloud 100% · Score 006:00 · Moon -29° · Cloud 100% · Score 007:00 · Moon -16° · Cloud 91% · Score 008:00 · Moon -3° · Cloud 81% · Score 009:00 · Moon 9° · Cloud 76% · Score 1210:00 · Moon 21° · Cloud 74% · Score 2211:00 · Moon 33° · Cloud 34% · Score 4912:00 · Moon 43° · Cloud 51% · Score 4913:00 · Moon 52° · Cloud 59% · Score 4614:00 · Moon 56° · Cloud 96% · Score 3015:00 · Moon 54° · Cloud 98% · Score 2816:00 · Moon 47° · Cloud 94% · Score 3017:00 · Moon 38° · Cloud 100% · Score 2418:00 · Moon 27° · Cloud 100% · Score 1619:00 · Moon 14° · Cloud 67% · Score 2620:00 · Moon 2° · Cloud 99% · Score 2021:00 · Moon -10° · Cloud 16% · Score 022:00 · Moon -23° · Cloud 48% · Score 023:00 · Moon -36° · Cloud 6% · Score 000:00 · Moon -48° · Cloud 5% · Score 001:00 · Moon -59° · Cloud 5% · Score 0
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
Wed 11 Nov 01:00-67 degrees100%35%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 02:00-70 degrees100%31%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 03:00-64 degrees100%27%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 04:00-54 degrees99%24%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 05:00-42 degrees100%23%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 06:00-29 degrees100%23%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 07:00-16 degrees91%22%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 08:00-3 degrees81%19%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 09:009 degrees76%14%12 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 10:0021 degrees74%10%22 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 11:0033 degrees34%7%49 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 12:0043 degrees51%5%49 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 13:0052 degrees59%4%46 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 14:0056 degrees96%4%30 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 15:0054 degrees98%5%28 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 16:0047 degrees94%6%30 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 17:0038 degrees100%5%24 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 18:0027 degrees100%3%16 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 19:0014 degrees67%2%26 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 20:002 degrees99%3%20 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 21:00-10 degrees16%5%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 22:00-23 degrees48%6%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 23:00-36 degrees6%6%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 00:00-48 degrees5%5%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 01:00-59 degrees5%4%0 out of 100Night

Why this recommendation

  • Waxing Crescent at 3% illumination. Only a slim crescent is lit; look soon after sunset or before sunrise, close to the horizon.
  • The Moon climbs to about 56° around 14:00.
  • Next moonrise: Wed 11 Nov at 08:15.
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 Lagos

At 6.5° 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/Lagos, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 6.52°, 3.38°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Lagos

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First Quarter Moon

12:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Below horizonMoon at -2° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 12:48 local time in Lagos 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 Below the horizon at the exact moment — look near moonrise or moonset

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