Wimbledon Winter Astronomy Week 2021

Name: Wimbledon Winter Astronomy Week 2021
Start: 2021-12-06T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-12-10T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Rushmere Pond - Wimbledon Common

Monday 6th December 2021 from 16:00pm to Friday 10th December 2021 18:00pm

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Rushmere Pond - Wimbledon Common
Wimbledon, London, London, SW19 4TG

Every weekday around sunset in the second week of December 2021, self-employed Physicist Will Hay MPhys will be up by Rushmere Pond on Wimbledon Common with two telescopes and two pairs of binoculars trained on Jupiter, Saturn and Venus and the Moon.

These events are weather permitting; please register via Eventbrite to receive email notification 24 hours in advance. An optional contribution to help cover costs would be welcomed.

Please note that this has already taken place on 06/12/2021

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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.

Mon 6th Dec

Waxing Crescent

4 % illuminated

Dark from 17:51 to 06:29

Dark for 12h 38m

Tue 7th Dec

Waxing Crescent

10 % illuminated

Dark from 19:11 to 06:30

Dark for 11h 19m

Wed 8th Dec

Waxing Crescent

19 % illuminated

Dark from 20:35 to 06:31

Dark for 9h 56m

Thu 9th Dec

Waxing Crescent

28 % illuminated

Dark from 21:58 to 06:32

Dark for 8h 34m

Fri 10th Dec

First Quarter

39 % illuminated

Dark from 23:16 to 06:33

Dark for 7h 17m

Local light pollution

Rushmere Pond - Wimbledon Common is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asuburban suburban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.