Observe the Moon with the Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers

Name: Observe the Moon with the Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers
Start: 2023-10-21T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-10-21T20:00:00+00:00
Location: The Old Bathing Pool - St Leonards on Sea

Saturday 21st October 2023 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

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The Old Bathing Pool - St Leonards on Sea
Cinque Ports Way, Saint Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, TN38 0FD

Join the friendly members of the Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers for incredible views of Earth’s closest natural satellite! Telescopes will be provided to get close up views, bring your telescope if you have one! This event is being held in celebration of International Observe the Moon Night 2023, and is free!

Please note that this has already taken place on 21/10/2023

Event organiser

Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers is organising this event

Please contact Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

Email: [email protected]
Website: Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers
Facebook: Sussex Sidewalk Astronomers

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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 21st Oct

First Quarter

37 % illuminated

Dark from 21:18 to 05:20

Dark for 8h 2m

Local light pollution

The Old Bathing Pool - St Leonards on Sea is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.