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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: 13:00 · Poor (41/100).

Melbourne· AustraliaTuesday, 3 November 2026 · 05:19 · Melbourne

Tonight's verdict

Only a brief, low-quality opening

Weather-adjusted
41/100
Viewing score 41 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Poor

No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 13:00 · Poor (41/100)

Phase

Waning Crescent

Illumination

40%

Next moonrise

Tomorrow 03:22

Next moonset

Today 13:45

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 05:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Waning Crescent · 40% lit

Altitude 23° · Azimuth 46° · 375,690 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 Melbourne.

Read the scoring method

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
41/100
Viewing score 41 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: 13:00 · Poor (41/100)

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 · 61% chance of precipitation

14°C nowValid 05:00 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

Tue 3 Nov · 06:00Moon 29°Cloud 100%Score 19 (Poor)Twilight
0°30°60°90°NOW · 05:1906:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:0003:0006:0006:00 · Moon 29° · Cloud 100% · Score 1907:00 · Moon 34° · Cloud 100% · Score 2308:00 · Moon 37° · Cloud 100% · Score 2509:00 · Moon 37° · Cloud 100% · Score 2510:00 · Moon 33° · Cloud 100% · Score 2211:00 · Moon 26° · Cloud 97% · Score 1712:00 · Moon 17° · Cloud 84% · Score 1413:00 · Moon 7° · Cloud 13% · Score 4114:00 · Moon -3° · Cloud 9% · Score 015:00 · Moon -14° · Cloud 2% · Score 016:00 · Moon -25° · Cloud 1% · Score 017:00 · Moon -36° · Cloud 1% · Score 018:00 · Moon -47° · Cloud 0% · Score 019:00 · Moon -56° · Cloud 0% · Score 020:00 · Moon -62° · Cloud 0% · Score 021:00 · Moon -63° · Cloud 3% · Score 022:00 · Moon -58° · Cloud 2% · Score 023:00 · Moon -49° · Cloud 13% · Score 000:00 · Moon -39° · Cloud 36% · Score 001:00 · Moon -28° · Cloud 61% · Score 002:00 · Moon -16° · Cloud 97% · Score 003:00 · Moon -4° · Cloud 93% · Score 004:00 · Moon 6° · Cloud 84% · Score 3005:00 · Moon 17° · Cloud 84% · Score 2906:00 · Moon 27° · Cloud 70% · Score 31
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
Tue 3 Nov 06:0029 degrees100%59%19 out of 100Twilight
Tue 3 Nov 07:0034 degrees100%51%23 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 08:0037 degrees100%43%25 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 09:0037 degrees100%40%25 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 10:0033 degrees100%38%22 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 11:0026 degrees97%33%17 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 12:0017 degrees84%22%14 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 13:007 degrees13%9%41 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 14:00-3 degrees9%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 15:00-14 degrees2%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 16:00-25 degrees1%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 17:00-36 degrees1%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 18:00-47 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 19:00-56 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 20:00-62 degrees0%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 21:00-63 degrees3%0%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 22:00-58 degrees2%0%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 23:00-49 degrees13%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 00:00-39 degrees36%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 01:00-28 degrees61%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 02:00-16 degrees97%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 03:00-4 degrees93%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 04:006 degrees84%0%30 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 05:0017 degrees84%0%29 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 06:0027 degrees70%0%31 out of 100Twilight

Why this recommendation

  • Waning Crescent at 40% illumination. The terminator gives the strongest crater shadows for the next few nights.
  • The Moon climbs to about 37° around 08:00.
  • Next moonrise: Wed 4 Nov at 03:22.
Limitations & methodShow
  • The Moon is above the horizon in daylight. The daylight score is capped because sky contrast is much lower.
  • The Moon stays low, so buildings, trees and haze may block the view.
  • 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 Melbourne

At 37.8° 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 Australia/Melbourne, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates -37.81°, 144.96°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Melbourne

All events

Mon

9

Nov

New Moon

18:02 local · Mon 9 Nov

Not visibleMoon at 23° altitude

New Moon occurs at 18:02 local time in Melbourne on 9 November. The Moon passes near the Sun in the sky, so its Earth-facing side is unlit. Dark skies make this a good period for deep-sky observing.

Event details Not visible — lost in the Sun's glare

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