Dark sky Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Sat, Dec 19
Dark and moonless
4:00 am – 6:10 am
About 2 hours, once the 80% moon sets in the north-west.
Sunset 5:09 pmSunrise 7:50 am
moonset 4:00 am
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Jan 7.
Milky Way core: back in March
Each month’s best night: hours with the core up in moonless dark
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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.
The night there ›Full moon in golden hour
Wed, Dec 23: it rises at 4:41 pm, 30 min before sunset, in the north-east.
- 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°
- Fri, Jun 189:17 pm · south-east, 126°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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