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Is tonight a Moon night?

Only a brief, low-quality opening. No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 19:00 · Fair (52/100).

Seoul· South KoreaThursday, 12 November 2026 · 02:50 · Seoul

Tonight's verdict

Only a brief, low-quality opening

Weather-adjusted
52/100
Viewing score 52 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Night viewing.

Fair

No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 19:00 · Fair (52/100)

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

6%

Next moonrise

Today 09:59

Next moonset

Today 19:06

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 · 6% lit

Altitude -77° · Azimuth 44° · 403,729 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 Seoul.

Read the scoring method

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
52/100
Viewing score 52 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Night 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: 19:00 · Fair (52/100)

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

Mostly clear

25%

Cloud cover · 0% chance of precipitation

7°C nowValid 03:00 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

Thu 12 Nov · 03:00Moon -75°Cloud 25%Score 0 (Poor)Night
0°30°60°90°NOW · 02:5003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:0003:0003:00 · Moon -75° · Cloud 25% · Score 004:00 · Moon -65° · Cloud 29% · Score 005:00 · Moon -54° · Cloud 35% · Score 006:00 · Moon -43° · Cloud 40% · Score 007:00 · Moon -31° · Cloud 60% · Score 008:00 · Moon -20° · Cloud 79% · Score 009:00 · Moon -10° · Cloud 30% · Score 010:00 · Moon 0° · Cloud 30% · Score 011:00 · Moon 8° · Cloud 34% · Score 3312:00 · Moon 15° · Cloud 32% · Score 3913:00 · Moon 21° · Cloud 32% · Score 4314:00 · Moon 24° · Cloud 44% · Score 3915:00 · Moon 24° · Cloud 31% · Score 4516:00 · Moon 21° · Cloud 32% · Score 4317:00 · Moon 16° · Cloud 29% · Score 4118:00 · Moon 9° · Cloud 26% · Score 3919:00 · Moon 1° · Cloud 29% · Score 5220:00 · Moon -9° · Cloud 35% · Score 021:00 · Moon -19° · Cloud 32% · Score 022:00 · Moon -30° · Cloud 31% · Score 023:00 · Moon -41° · Cloud 36% · Score 000:00 · Moon -53° · Cloud 36% · Score 001:00 · Moon -64° · Cloud 35% · Score 002:00 · Moon -75° · Cloud 31% · Score 003:00 · Moon -80° · Cloud 75% · 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
Thu 12 Nov 03:00-75 degrees25%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 04:00-65 degrees29%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 05:00-54 degrees35%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 06:00-43 degrees40%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 07:00-31 degrees60%0%0 out of 100Twilight
Thu 12 Nov 08:00-20 degrees79%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 09:00-10 degrees30%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 10:000 degrees30%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 11:008 degrees34%0%33 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 12:0015 degrees32%0%39 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 13:0021 degrees32%0%43 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 14:0024 degrees44%0%39 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 15:0024 degrees31%0%45 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 16:0021 degrees32%0%43 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 17:0016 degrees29%0%41 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 18:009 degrees26%0%39 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 19:001 degrees29%0%52 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 20:00-9 degrees35%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 21:00-19 degrees32%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 22:00-30 degrees31%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 23:00-41 degrees36%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 00:00-53 degrees36%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 01:00-64 degrees35%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 02:00-75 degrees31%0%0 out of 100Night
Fri 13 Nov 03:00-80 degrees75%0%0 out of 100Night

Why this recommendation

  • Waxing Crescent at 6% illumination. Only a slim crescent is lit; look soon after sunset or before sunrise, close to the horizon.
  • The Moon climbs to about 24° around 15:00.
  • Next moonrise: Thu 12 Nov at 09:59.
Limitations & methodShow
  • 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 Seoul

At 37.6° 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 Asia/Seoul, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 37.57°, 126.98°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Seoul

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First Quarter Moon

20:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Above horizonMoon at 30° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 20:48 local time in Seoul 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 (30°) at the exact moment

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