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Dark sky, Mon, May 24

Dark and moonless
10:45 pm – 12:40 am

About 2 hours. Then a 80% moon rises in the south-east.

Sunset 8:48 pmSunrise 6:09 am
midnight
moonrise 12:45 am

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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Jun 4.

Milky Way core: up that night

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

Thu, Jun 17: it rises at 8:24 pm, 39 min before sunset, in the south-east.

  • 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°
  • Wed, Sep 157:24 pm · east, 90°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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