Dark sky Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Sat, May 1
Dark and moonless
10:15 pm – 4:15 am
About 6 hours. Then a 20% moon rises in the east.
Sunset 8:27 pmSunrise 6:31 am
moonrise 4:20 am
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on May 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
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°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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