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New Moon
11 Sept 2026, 08:57 local · 11 Sep 2026 03:27 UTC
At new moon the lunar disc is between Earth and the Sun and is not visible. These nights offer the darkest skies of the lunar month and are the best time for galaxies, nebulae and the Milky Way.
At the exact peak the sky is still bright, but the object is -13° high in darkness nearby.
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New Moon
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Naked Eye
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Tonight from your location
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Cloud data is unavailable, so this score reflects astronomical conditions only (moonlight, darkness and light pollution).
Sky quality: Bortle 6 — Bright suburban sky. Estimated; set it yourself for a better score.
Sunset
18:33
Astronomical dark
19:53
Moon
🌑 3%
Waning Crescent
Moonrise
04:59
Moonset
18:01
Sunrise
06:03
Visible planets
- Neptune7° E · mag 7.8
Best objects tonight
- Neptune7° E
- Arcturus28° W
- Vega80° N
- Altair65° SE
- Antares26° SW
- Ptolemy´s Cluster25° SSW
New Delhi, India
28.6139°, 77.2090° · default location
Exact light-pollution data isn't available here, so sky brightness is an estimate until you set your own Bortle class.
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Time runs measurably slower near a black hole.
General relativity predicts gravitational time dilation: clocks deep in a gravitational well tick more slowly relative to distant clocks. Near a black hole's event horizon the effect becomes extreme.