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

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Dark sky, Fri, Jun 11

Dark and moonless
2:00 am – 4:00 am

About 2 hours, once the 58% moon sets in the west.

Sunset 8:58 pmSunrise 6:03 am
midnight
moonset 2:00 am

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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Jul 3.

Milky Way core: up that night

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

Best in July: about 4½ hours on Jul 1, 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

Thu, Jun 17: it rises at 8:20 pm, 40 min before sunset, in the south-east. From here it clears the land at 8:34 pm.

  • 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°
  • Wed, Sep 157:23 pm · east, 90°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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