Explainer · 0:42 · silent, with on-screen words
Where the Milky Way’s core is at 22:00 from Georgetown, Guyana, on each new-Moon night from February to October 2027, how long it is up in the dark, and what a full Moon does to it.
Shows Georgetown (6.80° N, 58.16° W), facing south at 22:00 GYT on the new-Moon night of each month from February to October 2027, and the full Moon of 18 June 2027.
From the lesson Milky Way Photography from Guyana.
A silent 45-second explainer drawn from the site’s own sky chart. It shows the Milky Way’s core (the galactic centre, in Sagittarius) from Georgetown, Guyana, facing south at 22:00 Guyana time on the new-Moon night of each month from February to October 2027, with the hours it stands 15° or more up in astronomical dark.
Sat 6 Feb: core below the horizon at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 03:55 to 04:55, 1.0 h; Mon 8 Mar: core below the horizon at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 02:00 to 04:50, 2.8 h; Tue 6 Apr: core below the horizon at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 00:05 to 04:35, 4.5 h; Thu 6 May: core 14° up at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 22:05 to 04:20, 6.3 h; Fri 4 Jun: core 36° up at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 20:10 to 04:20, 8.2 h; Sat 3 Jul: core 52° up at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 19:30 to 03:25, 7.9 h; Mon 2 Aug: core 51° up at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 19:25 to 01:30, 6.1 h; Wed 29 Sep: core 11° up at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 18:55 to 21:40, 2.8 h; Fri 29 Oct: core below the horizon at 22:00; 15° or more up in the dark 18:45 to 19:45, 1.0 h.
Full Moon, Fri 18 Jun: the core is 45° up at 22:00 and the Moon (100% lit) 45° up; of 8.8 h with the core up in the dark, 0.0 h are moonless.
Hours with the core 15° or more up in astronomical dark on the 15th of each month of 2027, Moon ignored: Jan 0.0, Feb 1.7, Mar 3.3, Apr 5.0, May 6.8, Jun 8.8, Jul 7.2, Aug 5.3, Sep 3.7, Oct 1.8, Nov 0.0, Dec 0.0. Computed with astronomy-engine for Georgetown (6.80° N, 58.16° W). The band is the galactic equator, drawn as a guide.