Moondark for January: A Deep Night Calendar and Twilight Hourglass Chart for 1999 at Tuckahoe State Park, Maryland
This table shows the hours of "deep night"--without the Moon in the sky--for the night beginning on the date indicated. Please note: * Friday evenings, [  ] = New moon, ) = First Quarter, (--) = Full Moon and ( = Last Quarter. The chart show the times of sunset, end of twilight, beginning of twilight, and sunrise in EST. Remember to add one hour for daylight times between 4 Apr and 31 Oct 1999.

At Tuckahoe: Latest sunrise, 5 Jan; Latest beginning of twilight, 9 Jan; Earliest sunrise 14 Jun; Earliest beginning of twilight 17 Jun; Shortest nights: 15-27 Jun at 5.1 h; Latest end of twilight, 25 Jun; Latest sunset, 28 Jun; Earliest end of twilight, 4 Dec; Longest deep nights, 5-9 Dec at 11.3 h; Earliest sunset, 7 Dec; Longest nights, 15-28 Dec at 11.4 h. Calculated for Tuckahoe State Park, MD at 38° 59' N and 75° 56' W.

Everywhere on Earth: Perihelion, 3 Jan; Equinox, 20 Mar; Solstice, 21 Jun; Aphelion, 6 Jul; Equinox, 23 Sep, Solstice, 22 Dec 1999 [ Page 2 | Last year's - 1998 | Next year's - 2000 ] This document was last revised on 26 December 1998.

Moondark is written by Doug Miller and published in the Delmarva Star Gazers' Star Gazer News and in the Delaware Astronomical Society's FOCUS. Please address comments and suggestions to dmiller@udel.edu.  All text and images copyright © 1998 Douglas C. Miller, All Rights Reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any form without prior permission.