Updated Sunday November 1, 8:55 pm Hawaii time by Nimbus. A forecast, not a promise: the next two or three nights are fairly reliable, later nights are rough. Every booking is a request; a person confirms it.
Key: ✨ clear · 🌤 mostly clear · ⛅ partly cloudy · ☁️ cloudy · 🌧 rain · 💨 gusty. Moon: 🌑 new · 🌒🌘 crescent · 🌓🌗 half · 🌔🌖 gibbous · 🌕 full. ↑ the Moon comes into view that hour, ↓ it drops out of view. When the Moon is up and bright, it's spectacular to look at, but it washes out faint objects like galaxies.
Forecast source: National Weather Service.
What's the sky looking like this week?
An epic week: every night looks good. Beyond about three days out it's an early guess.
When's the best night this week?
There isn't just one. Dark sky all evening, the nights for galaxies and the Milky Way: tomorrow night, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Dark sky and the Moon on the same night: tonight.
When's the best time to see the Moon?
The Moon is up and the sky should let it through: tonight (a half Moon, about 2am to 4am); tomorrow night (a half Moon, about 3am to 4am). A half Moon shows the most crater detail along its shadow edge; a full Moon is the brightest. Either way it's a great night.
Is tonight good?
Tonight: a great night, and the best of both. Dark sky from about 7pm to 4am for galaxies and the Milky Way, and a half Moon in view from about 2am to 4am.
Night by night
— Nimbus, Sun Nov 1, 8:55 pm
Hour by hour, from the National Weather Service: mav.earth/calendar
Say: Mostly clear all night. A half Moon comes into view around 2:10am.
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Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm 🌤 · 7pm 🌤 · 8pm 🌤 · 9pm 🌤 · 10pm 🌤 · 11pm 🌤 · 12am 🌤 · 1am 🌤 · 2am 🌤 🌗↑ · 3am 🌤 🌗
Say: Clear all night. A half Moon comes into view around 3:10am.
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Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm ✨ · 7pm ✨ · 8pm ✨ · 9pm ✨ · 10pm ✨ · 11pm ✨ · 12am ✨ · 1am ✨ · 2am ✨ · 3am ✨ 🌗↑
Say: Mostly clear all night. The Moon stays down while we're out, so it's a dark sky.
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Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm 🌤 · 7pm 🌤 · 8pm 🌤 · 9pm 🌤 · 10pm 🌤 · 11pm 🌤 · 12am 🌤 · 1am 🌤 · 2am 🌤 · 3am 🌤
Say: Mostly clear all night. The Moon stays down while we're out, so it's a dark sky.
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Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm 🌤 · 7pm 🌤 · 8pm 🌤 · 9pm 🌤 · 10pm 🌤 · 11pm 🌤 · 12am 🌤 · 1am 🌤 · 2am 🌤 · 3am 🌤
Say: Mostly clear all night. No Moon tonight, so it's a dark sky.
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Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm 🌤 · 7pm 🌤 · 8pm 🌤 · 9pm 🌤 · 10pm 🌤 · 11pm 🌤 · 12am 🌤 · 1am 🌤 · 2am 🌤 · 3am 🌤
Say: Mostly clear all night. No Moon tonight, so it's a dark sky.
Open session times aren't listed here. They change all the time: check them live with Check open session times.
Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm 🌤 · 7pm 🌤 · 8pm 🌤 · 9pm 🌤 · 10pm 🌤 · 11pm 🌤 · 12am 🌤 · 1am 🌤 · 2am 🌤 · 3am 🌤
Say: Mostly clear all night. No Moon tonight, so it's a dark sky.
Open session times aren't listed here. They change all the time: check them live with Check open session times.
Weather hour by hour (these are forecast hours, not session times): 6pm 🌤 · 7pm 🌤 · 8pm 🌤 · 9pm 🌤 · 10pm 🌤 · 11pm 🌤 · 12am 🌤 · 1am 🌤 · 2am 🌤 · 3am 🌤