Moon night at Hengistbury
Thursday 24th September 2026 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 4EN, South West
See the almost full moon in the sky, and then watch the sun set.
Join us for this moon night. We will be finding the waxing gibbous moon (almost full) in the sky, and then watching the sun set. We will find out about some of the physical properties of the moon – its distance from earth, its phases, moon folklore, moon poetry and more.
(Event will not go ahead if cloudy/raining).
Event organiser
Skyhigh Astronomy is organising this event
Please contact Skyhigh Astronomy directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
Event darkness
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.
Thu 24th Sep
Local light pollution
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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