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The Sound Restaurant Car Park - Isle of Man

The Sound Restaurant Car Park - Isle of Man

Sound Road, Port Erin, IM9 5PZ

Best time to visit

This car park at the southern tip of the main island is an official Dark Sky Discovery site with excellent horizons and fantastic dark skies.

The Sound Restaurant Car Park - Isle of Man is a Dark Sky Discovery Site, an officially recognised place where anyone can stargaze. Most such locations have overnight parking (sometimes with a fee); however, many do not allow overnight camping. There may or may not be toilet facilities.

Weather forecast

  • 25/01/22

    7° 5%

  • 25/01/22

    8° 8%

  • 26/01/22

    8° 5%

  • 26/01/22

    8° 4%

Weather forecast for Port Erin (2.0 miles away) updated 25/01/22 at 04:00.

Local light pollution

The Sound Restaurant Car Park - Isle of Man 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 The Sound Restaurant Car Park - Isle of Man

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.

Tue 25th Jan

Third Quarter
56% illuminated
Dark from 18:09 to 02:03
Dark for 7h 53m

Wed 26th Jan

Third Quarter
45% illuminated
Dark from 18:10 to 03:33
Dark for 9h 22m

Thu 27th Jan

Third Quarter
34% illuminated
Dark from 18:12 to 05:03
Dark for 10h 50m

Fri 28th Jan

Waning Crescent
24% illuminated
Dark from 18:14 to 06:27
Dark for 12h 12m

Sat 29th Jan

Waning Crescent
14% illuminated
Dark from 18:15 to 06:47
Dark for 12h 31m

Sun 30th Jan

Waning Crescent
7% illuminated
Dark from 18:17 to 06:46
Dark for 12h 28m

Mon 31st Jan

New Moon
2% illuminated
Dark from 18:19 to 06:44
Dark for 12h 24m

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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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Events nearby

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  • Stargazing Night at Babbage’s Bistro

    Friday 18th February 2022 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

    Babbage's Bistro - Isle of Man, Ramsey, IM7 2DZ (23.9 miles away)

    More info

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