Stars Tonight in Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
True darkness in Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands runs from about 7:25 PM GMT+12 to 5:11 AM GMT+12. The Moon is 🌘 waning crescent, 0% lit.
Brightest stars after dark
Position at 9 pm local time, calculated for 7.09°, 171.38°.
- Altair (Aquila): look W, halfway up the sky (32° up)
- Aldebaran (Taurus): look E, low near the horizon (19° up)
- Fomalhaut (Piscis Austrinus): look S, halfway up the sky (51° up)
- Deneb (Cygnus): look NW, halfway up the sky (35° up)
Making the most of the night sky from Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
Stars do not move relative to each other, but the whole sky turns as Earth rotates and shifts through the year as Earth orbits the Sun. That is why the brightest stars listed here change from month to month, and why a star that is overhead at 9 pm in winter is gone by summer. The positions above are worked out from your latitude and the time, so they hold for Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands specifically.
Give your eyes 20 minutes. Dark adaptation takes about that long, and a single glance at a phone screen resets it. Use a red light if you need to read a chart. Away from streetlights and with no Moon, you can see several thousand stars; under city lights, a few hundred.
To put names to what you see, open the interactive star map or the guide to all 88 constellations. For planets, meteors and the Milky Way tonight, see the Sky Tonight hub, and for the Moon's schedule here, the Moon page for Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Questions
When is it fully dark in Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands tonight?
Astronomical darkness, when the Sun is more than 18° below the horizon, begins at about 7:25 PM GMT+12 and ends at about 5:11 AM GMT+12 in Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands. That is the best window for faint stars and the Milky Way.
What phase is the Moon over Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands tonight?
The Moon is waning crescent, about 0% illuminated. A bright Moon washes out faint stars, so the darkest star-gazing happens around new Moon.
What are the brightest stars to look for from Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands?
Around 9 pm local time the brightest well-placed stars include Altair (W, mid-sky), Aldebaran (E, low), Fomalhaut (S, mid-sky), Deneb (NW, mid-sky).