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Dark sky, Wed, Apr 21

Moonlit all night
Dark 10:00 pm – 5:05 am

A 98% moon is up through the dark hours. Darkest nights around the new moon on May 6.

Sunset 8:16 pmSunrise 6:44 am
midnight

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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on May 6.

Milky Way core: next up Apr 27

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

Wed, May 19: it rises at 8:29 pm, 15 min before sunset, in the south-east.

  • 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°
  • Mon, Aug 168:13 pm · east, 108°
  • Tue, Aug 178:36 pm · east, 101°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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