Sky darkness for the month
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Major meteor showers visible
in Northern Europe
| Name | Duration | Peak |
| Quadrantids | Early January | 3 Jan |
| Lyrids | late April | 22 Apr |
| Eta Aquarids | early May | 6 May |
| Bootids | late June | 28 June |
| Perseids | mid-August | 12 Aug |
| Orionids | all October | 21 Oct |
| Leonids | mid-November | 17 Nov |
| Geminids | mid-December | 14 Dec |
How to read the Sky Darkness chart |
| Each date shows two rows. The top row shows the light
from the sun and the lower row is for the moon.
For the sun, we show daylight, dusk, darkness, dawn and daylight again. Note that the "dark" time corresponds to when the sun is more than 15° below the horizon. Not strictly astronomical darkness, but good enough for amateurs. With the moon, the lower row for each day shows when the moon is in the sky (grey) and when it is below the horizon (black). No attempt has been made at taking into account when the moon is low AND it's only showing a crescent - so this bar is a little pessimistic. Obviously, the best nights to view are around a new moon (indicated by the white circle with a dark interior on the right of the chart) |
