Observe the Moon with Eastbourne Astronomical Society

Name: Observe the Moon with Eastbourne Astronomical Society
Start: 2021-10-16T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-10-16T19:00:00+00:00
Location: The Western Lawns - Eastbourne Seafront

Saturday 16th October 2021 from 18:00pm to 20:00pm

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The Western Lawns - Eastbourne Seafront
King's Edward Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4EE

Join the Eastbourne Astronomical Society who will be celebrating International Observe the Moon Night with their telescopes on the Western Lawns.

Please note that this has already taken place on 16/10/2021

Event organiser

Eastbourne Astronomical Society is organising this event

Please contact Eastbourne Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Eastbourne Astronomical Society
Twitter: @eastbourneastro
Facebook: Eastbourne Astronomical Society

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Event darkness

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 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.

Sat 16th Oct

Waxing Gibbous

79 % illuminated

Dark from 02:23 to 05:14

Dark for 2h 51m

Local light pollution

The Western Lawns - Eastbourne Seafront is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.