Dark sky 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Fri, Jan 1
Dark and moonless
6:55 pm – 3:25 am
About 8½ hours. Then a 27% moon rises in the south-east.
Sunset 5:17 pmSunrise 7:51 am
moonrise 3:30 am
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Jan 7.
Milky Way core: back in February
Each month’s best night: hours with the core up in moonless dark
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Best in June: about 5 hours on Jun 6, up to 22° high in the south.
How dark the sky is here: rural
No darker sky within 40 mi.
Glow low in the north-west: Columbus, 40 mi.
Full moon in golden hour
Sat, Feb 20: it rises at 6:14 pm, 1 min after sunset, in the east. From here it clears the land at 6:30 pm.
- Sun, Mar 217:16 pm · east, 91°
- Tue, Apr 208:26 pm · east, 112°
- Wed, May 198:26 pm · south-east, 121°
- Thu, Jun 178:20 pm · south-east, 126°
- Fri, Jun 189:14 pm · south-east, 126°
- Sat, Jul 178:38 pm · south-east, 122°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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