Last year I published a post concerning the problem of light pollution and how it can
mess-up your viewing of the celestial bodies on a dark night. Tonight offers a terrific opportunity to
venture outside for what might be the last of the winter stargazing as long as
the skies remain clear and cold. This is
because it will be extra dark tonight.
The darkness is a consequence of the new moon.
So dark that an object like the International Space Station will stick-out like a sore thumb.
A new moon is the first of the moon phases and it occurs when the moon is located on the same side of the earth as the sun. Tonight is that night.
Follow the moon phases here:
So dark that an object like the International Space Station will stick-out like a sore thumb.
A new moon is the first of the moon phases and it occurs when the moon is located on the same side of the earth as the sun. Tonight is that night.
Follow the moon phases here:
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