Observe the Moon with Monkton Stargazers

Name: Observe the Moon with Monkton Stargazers
Start: 2021-10-16T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-10-16T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Thanet Observatory (closed)

Saturday 16th October 2021 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

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Thanet Observatory (closed)
Monkton Nature Reserve, Monkton, Kent, CT12 4LH

Join the Monkton Stargazers as they open their Thanet Observatory in Monkton Reserve to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night 2021.

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

Event organiser

Monkton Stargazers is organising this event

Please contact Monkton Stargazers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]

Event booking

For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.

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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 02:18 to 05:10

Dark for 2h 52m

Local light pollution

Thanet Observatory (closed) is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.