Vancouver, Canada · America/Vancouver
Live lunar conditions
Is tonight a Moon night?
Only a brief, low-quality opening. No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 06:00 · Fair (45/100).
Tonight's verdict
Only a brief, low-quality opening
Fair
No two-hour window clears 50/100. Best single hour: 06:00 · Fair (45/100)
Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
40%
Next moonrise
Tomorrow 01:38
Next moonset
Today 15:14
Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 11:00 local · cached up to 20 min
Waning Crescent · 40% lit
Altitude 36° · Azimuth 247° · 375,691 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 Vancouver.
Viewing score
Cloud-weighted, per hour
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: 06:00 · Fair (45/100)
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
Partly cloudy
60%
Cloud cover · 1% chance of precipitation
Moon altitude & cloud cover
Next 24 hours · local time · cloud bars rise from the horizon
Hover or focus an hour for details
Weather: Open-Meteo
| Local time | Moon altitude | Cloud cover | Precipitation chance | Score | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Nov 12:00 | 30 degrees | 99% | 1% | 20 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Mon 2 Nov 13:00 | 21 degrees | 100% | 1% | 13 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Mon 2 Nov 14:00 | 11 degrees | 100% | 1% | 6 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Mon 2 Nov 15:00 | 2 degrees | 100% | 3% | 0 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Mon 2 Nov 16:00 | -7 degrees | 100% | 2% | 0 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Mon 2 Nov 17:00 | -15 degrees | 88% | 6% | 0 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Mon 2 Nov 18:00 | -21 degrees | 100% | 6% | 0 out of 100 | Twilight |
| Mon 2 Nov 19:00 | -26 degrees | 100% | 6% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Mon 2 Nov 20:00 | -28 degrees | 100% | 5% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Mon 2 Nov 21:00 | -28 degrees | 100% | 5% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Mon 2 Nov 22:00 | -25 degrees | 100% | 8% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Mon 2 Nov 23:00 | -20 degrees | 100% | 10% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 00:00 | -14 degrees | 100% | 10% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 01:00 | -6 degrees | 100% | 7% | 0 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 02:00 | 3 degrees | 100% | 10% | 20 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 03:00 | 12 degrees | 100% | 11% | 26 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 04:00 | 21 degrees | 100% | 13% | 33 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 05:00 | 30 degrees | 100% | 18% | 39 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 06:00 | 38 degrees | 100% | 21% | 45 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 07:00 | 45 degrees | 100% | 19% | 37 out of 100 | Night |
| Tue 3 Nov 08:00 | 49 degrees | 100% | 20% | 30 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Tue 3 Nov 09:00 | 49 degrees | 100% | 17% | 30 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Tue 3 Nov 10:00 | 46 degrees | 100% | 13% | 30 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Tue 3 Nov 11:00 | 40 degrees | 100% | 10% | 27 out of 100 | Daylight |
| Tue 3 Nov 12:00 | 33 degrees | 100% | 10% | 21 out of 100 | Daylight |
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 49° around 09:00.
- Next moonrise: Tue 3 Nov at 01:38.
Limitations & methodShowHide
- 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.
Local context
Moonwatching from Vancouver
At 49.3° 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/Vancouver, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 49.28°, -123.12°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.
Want a different place? Use the location selector in the header, or view the live default page.
Next lunar event
Calculated phase · local to Vancouver
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New Moon
00:02 local · Mon 9 Nov
New Moon occurs at 00:02 local time in Vancouver 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.
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