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St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF5 6XB

Best time to visit

St Fagans National Museum of History is a private location and is only accessible out of normal hours for stargazing by prior arrangement or when public events are scheduled.

Weather forecast

  • 02/07/22

    15° 9%

  • 02/07/22

    14° 3%

  • 03/07/22

    13° 9%

  • 03/07/22

    12° 54%

Weather forecast for Caerau (1.4 miles away) updated 02/07/22 at 12:00.

Local light pollution

St Fagans National Museum of History is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural 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 St Fagans National Museum of History

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 2nd Jul

Waxing Crescent
7% illuminated
Dark from 22:57 to 02:03
Dark for 3h 6m

Sun 3rd Jul

Waxing Crescent
13% illuminated
Dark from 23:15 to 02:05
Dark for 2h 50m

Mon 4th Jul

Waxing Crescent
21% illuminated
Dark from 23:29 to 02:06
Dark for 2h 37m

Tue 5th Jul

Waxing Crescent
29% illuminated
Dark from 23:42 to 02:08
Dark for 2h 26m

Wed 6th Jul

First Quarter
39% illuminated
Dark from 23:55 to 02:09
Dark for 2h 14m

Thu 7th Jul

First Quarter
49% illuminated
Dark from 00:09 to 02:11
Dark for 2h 2m

Fri 8th Jul

First Quarter
60% illuminated
Dark from 00:25 to 02:13
Dark for 1h 48m

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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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