West Moonah is a residential suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

It is part of the City of Glenorchy local government area, with about 5% being in the Hobart LGA.

West Moonah is nearby shopping areas, schools, churches, government services, sporting facilities and childcare centres in the neighbouring suburbs of Glenorchy, Derwent Park and Moonah.

By car, West Moonah is 15 minutes from downtown Hobart and 6 minutes from New Town.The Risdon Zinc Works (trading as Nyrstar Hobart) at nearby Lutana, which has been in operation since 1917, continues to produce heavy metal contaminants affecting the air, land and estuary waters surrounding Greater Hobart.

The data identified medium levels of air pollution in postcodes 7009 (West Moonah, Lutana, Derwent Park, Moonah) and 7010 (Glenorchy, Rosetta, Montrose, Goodwood, Dowsing Point) with average air contaminate readings of 40% NOx (nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) contributing 57% of airborne emissions.