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Dark sky, Wed, Jun 23

Dark and moonless
11:10 pm – 12:00 am

50 minutes. Then a 78% moon rises in the east.

Sunset 9:04 pmSunrise 6:04 am
midnight
moonrise 12:05 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

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.

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Full moon in golden hour

Sat, Jul 17: it rises at 8:41 pm, 17 min before sunset, in the south-east.

  • 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°
  • Thu, Sep 167:46 pm · east, 82°
  • Fri, Oct 156:39 pm · east, 71°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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