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Dark sky, Sun, Feb 21

Moonlit all night
Dark 7:50 pm – 5:45 am

A 98% moon is up through the dark hours. Darkest nights around the new moon on Mar 8.

Sunset 6:15 pmSunrise 7:16 am
midnight

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

Milky Way core: next up Mar 3

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

Sun, Mar 21: it rises at 7:18 pm, 27 min before sunset, in the east.

  • 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°
  • Sat, Jul 178:41 pm · south-east, 122°
  • Sun, Jul 189:15 pm · south-east, 118°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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