Dark sky Columbus, United States
Dark sky, Fri, Aug 27
Dark and moonless
9:50 pm – 2:50 am
About 5 hours. Then a 18% moon rises in the north-east.
Sunset 8:11 pmSunrise 6:56 am
moonrise 2:55 am
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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Aug 31.
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 5 hours on Jun 20, 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, Sep 15: it rises at 7:24 pm, 17 min before sunset, in the east.
- Thu, Sep 167:46 pm · east, 82°
- Fri, Oct 156:39 pm · east, 71°
- Sat, Nov 134:42 pm · north-east, 61°
- Sun, Nov 145:25 pm · north-east, 57°
- Mon, Dec 135:03 pm · north-east, 54°
- Tue, Jan 115:03 pm · north-east, 59°
Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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