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Poor Moon-viewing conditions. No useful viewing window in the next 24 hours.

Moscow· RussiaWednesday, 11 November 2026 · 03:49 · Moscow

Tonight's verdict

Poor Moon-viewing conditions

Weather-adjusted
8/100
Viewing score 8 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Poor

No useful viewing window in the next 24 hours

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

3%

Next moonrise

Today 11:00

Next moonset

Today 16:39

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 04:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Waxing Crescent · 3% lit

Altitude -52° · Azimuth 55° · 402,316 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 Moscow.

Read the scoring method

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
8/100
Viewing score 8 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Poor

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 useful viewing window in the next 24 hours

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

96%

Cloud cover · 3% chance of precipitation

3°C nowValid 04:00 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 · 04:00Moon -51°Cloud 96%Score 0 (Poor)Night
0°30°60°90°NOW · 03:4904:0007:0010:0013:0016:0019:0022:0001:0004:0004:00 · Moon -51° · Cloud 96% · Score 005:00 · Moon -43° · Cloud 89% · Score 006:00 · Moon -35° · Cloud 99% · Score 007:00 · Moon -27° · Cloud 87% · Score 008:00 · Moon -20° · Cloud 100% · Score 009:00 · Moon -12° · Cloud 100% · Score 010:00 · Moon -6° · Cloud 100% · Score 011:00 · Moon 0° · Cloud 46% · Score 012:00 · Moon 3° · Cloud 83% · Score 813:00 · Moon 6° · Cloud 90% · Score 614:00 · Moon 6° · Cloud 100% · Score 215:00 · Moon 5° · Cloud 100% · Score 116:00 · Moon 2° · Cloud 99% · Score 017:00 · Moon -2° · Cloud 100% · Score 018:00 · Moon -8° · Cloud 100% · Score 019:00 · Moon -15° · Cloud 100% · Score 020:00 · Moon -22° · Cloud 99% · Score 021:00 · Moon -30° · Cloud 100% · Score 022:00 · Moon -38° · Cloud 100% · Score 023:00 · Moon -46° · Cloud 100% · Score 000:00 · Moon -53° · Cloud 100% · Score 001:00 · Moon -59° · Cloud 100% · Score 002:00 · Moon -62° · Cloud 100% · Score 003:00 · Moon -61° · Cloud 100% · Score 004:00 · Moon -57° · Cloud 100% · 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 04:00-51 degrees96%3%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 05:00-43 degrees89%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 06:00-35 degrees99%5%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 07:00-27 degrees87%3%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 08:00-20 degrees100%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 09:00-12 degrees100%5%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 10:00-6 degrees100%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 11:000 degrees46%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 12:003 degrees83%0%8 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 13:006 degrees90%0%6 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 14:006 degrees100%0%2 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 15:005 degrees100%0%1 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 16:002 degrees99%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 17:00-2 degrees100%3%0 out of 100Twilight
Wed 11 Nov 18:00-8 degrees100%3%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 19:00-15 degrees100%3%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 20:00-22 degrees99%3%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 21:00-30 degrees100%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 22:00-38 degrees100%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 23:00-46 degrees100%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 00:00-53 degrees100%3%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 01:00-59 degrees100%5%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 02:00-62 degrees100%13%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 03:00-61 degrees100%23%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 04:00-57 degrees100%33%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 6° around 14:00.
  • Next moonrise: Wed 11 Nov at 11:00.
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 Moscow

At 55.8° N, summer nights are short and the Moon can stay low. The disc is shown in northern-hemisphere orientation with a NASA LRO surface.

All times on this page use the IANA time zone Europe/Moscow, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 55.76°, 37.62°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Moscow

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17

Nov

First Quarter Moon

14:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Above horizonMoon at 6° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 14:48 local time in Moscow 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 (6°) at the exact moment

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