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Dark sky 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Dark sky, Wed, Apr 28

Dark and moonless
10:05 pm – 3:05 am

About 5 hours. Then a 47% moon rises in the south-east.

Sunset 8:21 pmSunrise 6:34 am
midnight
moonrise 3:10 am

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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on May 6.

Milky Way core: up that night

Each month’s best night: hours with the core up in moonless dark

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

Wed, May 19: it rises at 8:26 pm, 15 min before sunset, in the south-east. From here it clears the land at 8:41 pm.

  • Thu, Jun 178:20 pm · south-east, 126°
  • Fri, Jun 189:14 pm · south-east, 126°
  • Sat, Jul 178:38 pm · south-east, 122°
  • Sun, Jul 189:12 pm · south-east, 118°
  • Mon, Aug 168:11 pm · east, 108°
  • Tue, Aug 178:34 pm · east, 101°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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