Dark sky Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Wed, Mar 10
Dark and moonless
9:20 pm – 5:20 am
About 8 hours, once the 8% moon sets in the west.
Sunset 6:34 pmSunrise 6:50 am
moonset 9:20 pm
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Apr 6.
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 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
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°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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