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Dark sky, Mon, Sep 20

Dark and moonless
9:05 pm – 9:45 pm

40 minutes. Then a 74% moon rises in the north-east.

Sunset 7:33 pmSunrise 7:18 am
midnight
moonrise 9:50 pm

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

Milky Way core: up that night

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

Fri, Oct 15: it rises at 6:39 pm, 14 min before sunset, in the east.

  • 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°
  • Fri, Mar 106:36 pm · east, 90°
  • Sat, Apr 87:40 pm · east, 103°
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Night lights: NASA Earth Observatory, Black Marble 2016 · Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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