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Murlough Bay Car Park - County Antrim

Murlough Bay Car Park - County Antrim

Murlough Road, Ballycastle, County Antrim, BT54 6RG

Best time to visit

Go stargazing site - a place identified by the Go Stargazing team as a good spot to stargaze from. This is based on local light pollution levels, distance from nearby towns and cities and having somewhere safe to park. These locations tend to be remote car parks with no facilities.

Murlough Bay Car Park - County Antrim is a Go Stargazing Site. The location has been identified by the Go Stargazing team as a good location for stargazing based on local light pollution levels, distance from nearby towns and cities and offers a safe place to park.

Weather forecast

  • 13/08/22

    21° 1%

  • 13/08/22

    16° 2%

  • 14/08/22

    15° 4%

  • 14/08/22

    15° 6%

Weather forecast for Ballypatrick Forest (2.3 miles away) updated 13/08/22 at 04:00.

Local light pollution

Murlough Bay Car Park - County Antrim is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.

The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of Murlough Bay Car Park - County Antrim

Best time to visit

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 when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.

Sat 13th Aug

Full Moon
99% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Sun 14th Aug

Waning Gibbous
95% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Mon 15th Aug

Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
NO DARKNESS

Tue 16th Aug

Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Dark from 21:34 to 21:37
Dark for 0h 2m

Wed 17th Aug

Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Dark from 21:31 to 21:47
Dark for 0h 15m

Thu 18th Aug

Third Quarter
62% illuminated
Dark from 21:28 to 21:59
Dark for 0h 30m

Fri 19th Aug

Third Quarter
52% illuminated
Dark from 21:24 to 22:16
Dark for 0h 51m

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If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!

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