Dark sky 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Thu, Aug 26
Dark and moonless
9:50 pm – 1:40 am
About 4 hours. Then a 28% moon rises in the north-east.
Sunset 8:11 pmSunrise 6:54 am
moonrise 1:45 am
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Aug 31.
Milky Way core: up that night
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 20, 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, Sep 15: it rises at 7:23 pm, 17 min before sunset, in the east. From here it clears the land at 7:38 pm.
- Thu, Sep 167:45 pm · east, 82°
- Fri, Oct 156:38 pm · east, 71°
- Sat, Nov 134:42 pm · north-east, 61°
- Sun, Nov 145:25 pm · north-east, 57°
- Mon, Dec 135:04 pm · north-east, 55°
- Tue, Jan 115:03 pm · north-east, 59°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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