About
Moon Service
Moon Service helps photographers spot upcoming windows when the Moon is low, ambient light is useful, and the forecast is worth checking before heading out.
Search opportunitiesWhat It Is
An anonymous city lookup for Moon photography opportunities. Enter a city or town to see ranked windows with Moon position, light, weather, score, and caveats in one place.
Why It Exists
Planning a Moon photo usually means checking ephemeris data, twilight, weather, and timing separately. Moon Service combines those signals into a quick first pass so you can decide whether a night or morning is worth scouting.
Current Boundaries
- No account, email, cookies, or saved server-side user profile is required.
- City or town searches are enough; exact home addresses are not needed.
- Forecasts and scores are decision support, not a guarantee of clear skies or a usable horizon.
- Local hills, buildings, trees, and other horizon obstructions are not modelled yet.
Data and Imagery
The Moon surface texture is derived from the NASA SVS CGI Moon Kit. Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.