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Trumpan Carpark

Trumpan Carpark

Trumpan, Isle of Skye, Isle of Skye, IV55 8GW

Best time to visit

Trumpan Carpark is a Dark Sky Discovery Site nominated by Visit Waternish. The car park, adjacent to Trumpan Church in North West Skye offers 360-degree views, no artificial lighting and a viewing area with seating.

Trumpan Carpark 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

  • 05/05/24

    11° 8%

  • 05/05/24

    11° 9%

  • 06/05/24

    11° 10%

  • 06/05/24

    11° 11%

Weather forecast for Loch Dunvegan (5.5 miles away) updated 05/05/24 at 04:00.

Local light pollution

Trumpan Carpark is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.

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

Light pollution map of Trumpan Carpark

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.

Moon phase on Sun 5th May

Sun 5th May

Waning Crescent
14 % illuminated
Dark from 22:24 to 02:17
Dark for 3h 52m
Moon phase on Mon 6th May

Mon 6th May

Waning Crescent
6 % illuminated
Dark from 22:29 to 02:12
Dark for 3h 43m
Moon phase on Tue 7th May

Tue 7th May

New Moon
2 % illuminated
Dark from 22:33 to 02:08
Dark for 3h 34m
Moon phase on Wed 8th May

Wed 8th May

New Moon
0 % illuminated
Dark from 22:37 to 02:03
Dark for 3h 25m
Moon phase on Thu 9th May

Thu 9th May

New Moon
1 % illuminated
Dark from 23:33 to 01:59
Dark for 2h 26m
Moon phase on Fri 10th May

Fri 10th May

Waxing Crescent
5 % illuminated
Dark from 00:54 to 01:54
Dark for 1h 0m
Moon phase on Sat 11th May

Sat 11th May

Waxing Crescent
10 % illuminated
Dark from 01:47 to 01:49
Dark for 0h 2m

Find more dates

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

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