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Dark sky, Thu, Nov 12

Dark and moonless
7:35 pm – 5:40 am

About 10 hours, once the 14% moon sets in the south-west.

Sunset 5:18 pmSunrise 7:15 am
midnight
moonset 7:35 pm

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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Dec 8.

Milky Way core: back in March

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

Best in June: about 4½ hours on Jun 4, up to 21° high in the south.

How dark the sky is here: city

The darkest sky within 40 mi is a rural sky, 40 mi to the south-east.

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Full moon in golden hour

Tue, Nov 24: it rises at 4:57 pm, 12 min before sunset, in the north-east.

  • Wed, Dec 234:41 pm · north-east, 53°
  • Sat, Feb 206:15 pm · east, 77°
  • Sun, Mar 217:18 pm · east, 91°
  • Tue, Apr 208:28 pm · east, 112°
  • Wed, May 198:29 pm · south-east, 121°
  • Thu, Jun 178:24 pm · south-east, 126°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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