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Only a brief, low-quality opening. No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 12:00 · Poor (43/100).

Nairobi· KenyaWednesday, 11 November 2026 · 02:47 · Nairobi

Tonight's verdict

Only a brief, low-quality opening

Weather-adjusted
43/100
Viewing score 43 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Poor

No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 12:00 · Poor (43/100)

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

3%

Next moonrise

Today 07:40

Next moonset

Today 20:10

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 03:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Waxing Crescent · 3% lit

Altitude -57° · Azimuth 148° · 402,220 km

Southern-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 Nairobi.

Read the scoring method

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
43/100
Viewing score 43 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 two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 12:00 · Poor (43/100)

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

Partly cloudy

35%

Cloud cover · 2% chance of precipitation

16°C nowValid 03:00 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 · 03:00Moon -55°Cloud 35%Score 0 (Poor)Night
0°30°60°90°NOW · 02:4703:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:0003:0003:00 · Moon -55° · Cloud 35% · Score 004:00 · Moon -46° · Cloud 30% · Score 005:00 · Moon -34° · Cloud 35% · Score 006:00 · Moon -22° · Cloud 23% · Score 007:00 · Moon -9° · Cloud 27% · Score 008:00 · Moon 4° · Cloud 92% · Score 409:00 · Moon 16° · Cloud 98% · Score 1010:00 · Moon 29° · Cloud 97% · Score 1811:00 · Moon 41° · Cloud 85% · Score 3012:00 · Moon 52° · Cloud 55% · Score 4313:00 · Moon 61° · Cloud 59% · Score 3814:00 · Moon 64° · Cloud 83% · Score 2815:00 · Moon 60° · Cloud 81% · Score 2816:00 · Moon 51° · Cloud 98% · Score 2817:00 · Moon 39° · Cloud 87% · Score 2518:00 · Moon 27° · Cloud 87% · Score 1619:00 · Moon 14° · Cloud 98% · Score 1320:00 · Moon 2° · Cloud 100% · Score 2021:00 · Moon -11° · Cloud 98% · Score 022:00 · Moon -23° · Cloud 100% · Score 023:00 · Moon -36° · Cloud 100% · Score 000:00 · Moon -47° · Cloud 91% · Score 001:00 · Moon -56° · Cloud 57% · Score 002:00 · Moon -61° · Cloud 83% · Score 003:00 · Moon -60° · Cloud 96% · 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 03:00-55 degrees35%2%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 04:00-46 degrees30%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 05:00-34 degrees35%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 06:00-22 degrees23%0%0 out of 100Twilight
Wed 11 Nov 07:00-9 degrees27%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 08:004 degrees92%0%4 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 09:0016 degrees98%0%10 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 10:0029 degrees97%7%18 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 11:0041 degrees85%19%30 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 12:0052 degrees55%33%43 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 13:0061 degrees59%54%38 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 14:0064 degrees83%78%28 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 15:0060 degrees81%96%28 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 16:0051 degrees98%100%28 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 17:0039 degrees87%100%25 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 18:0027 degrees87%98%16 out of 100Daylight
Wed 11 Nov 19:0014 degrees98%85%13 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 20:002 degrees100%66%20 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 21:00-11 degrees98%49%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 22:00-23 degrees100%37%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 23:00-36 degrees100%28%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 00:00-47 degrees91%22%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 01:00-56 degrees57%20%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 02:00-61 degrees83%22%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 03:00-60 degrees96%22%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 64° around 14:00.
  • Next moonrise: Wed 11 Nov at 07:40.
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 Nairobi

At 1.3° S, the Moon follows a relatively high arc. The disc is shown rotated for the southern hemisphere with a NASA LRO surface.

All times on this page use the IANA time zone Africa/Nairobi, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates -1.29°, 36.82°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Nairobi

All events

Tue

17

Nov

First Quarter Moon

14:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Above horizonMoon at 32° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 14:48 local time in Nairobi 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 (32°) at the exact moment

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