An Introduction to Astronomy and Islam

Name: An Introduction to Astronomy and Islam
Start: 2025-01-25T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-25T11:30:00+00:00
Location: Royal Observatory Greenwich

Saturday 25th January 2025 from 10:30am to 11:30am

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Royal Observatory Greenwich
Blackheath Avenue, London, London, SE10 8XJ

Our Astronomy and Islam shows are held before the predicted sighting of the next New Crescent Moon. A Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer will guide you through the stars in a special planetarium show, usually followed by a short presentation from the New Crescent Society, a Muslim community-led astronomy organisation. Free entry to the Historic Royal Observatory Site is included with this show.

Please note that this has already taken place on 25/01/2025

Event organiser

Royal Museums Greenwich is organising this event

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.

Sat 25th Jan

Waning Crescent

22 % illuminated

Dark from 17:55 to 06:11

Dark for 12h 15m

Local light pollution

Royal Observatory Greenwich is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.