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Dark sky, Wed, Sep 15

Moonlit all night
Dark 9:15 pm – 5:40 am

A 100% moon is up through the dark hours. Darkest nights around the new moon on Sep 29.

Sunset 7:41 pmSunrise 7:14 am
midnight

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Darkest nights this month: around the new moon on Sep 29.

Milky Way core: next up Sep 20

Each month’s best night: hours with the core up in moonless dark

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.

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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°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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