Dark sky Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Sun, Jun 13
Dark and moonless
2:50 am – 4:00 am
About 1 hour, once the 78% moon sets in the west.
Sunset 9:02 pmSunrise 6:03 am
moonset 2:50 am
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Jul 3.
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 July: about 4½ hours on Jul 1, 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
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°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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