Los Angeles, United States · America/Los_Angeles

Live lunar conditions

Is tonight a Moon night?

A daylight Moon window. The best window is 10:00–17:00; cloud cover looks cooperative.

Los Angeles· United StatesTuesday, 10 November 2026 · 15:35 · Los Angeles

Tonight's verdict

A daylight Moon window

Weather-adjusted

54/100

Fair

Best window 10:00–17:00 · 7 hrs · Fair (54/100)

Look SE · 21° above the horizon · 7 hrs

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

Next moonrise

Tomorrow 08:50

Next moonset

Today 17:36

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 16:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon

Phase-correct

Waxing Crescent · 3% lit

Altitude 17° · Azimuth 218° · 402,201 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 Los Angeles.

Read the scoring method

Best viewing window

10:00–17:00

7 hrs · look SE · 21° altitude · 0% mean cloud

Wed 11 Nov · local time in Los Angeles

DaylightSee it on the timeline

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather

54/100

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

10:00–17:00

7 hrs · look SE · 21° altitude

Starts Wed 11 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

Clear

Cloud cover · 0% chance of precipitation

28°C nowValid 16:00 local

Moon altitude & cloud cover

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

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Moon altitude Cloud cover Daylight / twilight Now

Weather: Open-Meteo

Wed 11 Nov · 10:00Moon 10°Cloud 0%Score 50 (Fair)Daylight

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 time	Moon altitude	Cloud cover	Precipitation chance	Score	Light
Tue 10 Nov 16:00	14 degrees	0%	0%	53 out of 100	Daylight
Tue 10 Nov 17:00	5 degrees	0%	0%	47 out of 100	Twilight
Tue 10 Nov 18:00	-4 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Tue 10 Nov 19:00	-15 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Tue 10 Nov 20:00	-26 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Tue 10 Nov 21:00	-38 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Tue 10 Nov 22:00	-50 degrees	3%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Tue 10 Nov 23:00	-62 degrees	1%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 00:00	-74 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 01:00	-83 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 02:00	-78 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 03:00	-67 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 04:00	-55 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 05:00	-43 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Night
Wed 11 Nov 06:00	-31 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Twilight
Wed 11 Nov 07:00	-20 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 08:00	-9 degrees	0%	0%	0 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 09:00	1 degrees	0%	0%	45 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 10:00	10 degrees	0%	0%	50 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 11:00	18 degrees	0%	0%	55 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 12:00	24 degrees	0%	0%	55 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 13:00	27 degrees	0%	0%	55 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 14:00	27 degrees	0%	0%	55 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 15:00	25 degrees	0%	0%	55 out of 100	Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 16:00	19 degrees	2%	0%	55 out of 100	Daylight

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 27° around 14:00.
Next moonrise: Wed 11 Nov at 08:50.
Forecast cloud cover averages 0% 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 Los Angeles

At 34.1° 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 America/Los_Angeles, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 34.05°, -118.24°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Los Angeles

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First Quarter Moon

03:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Below horizonMoon at -55° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 03:48 local time in Los Angeles 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