Cherry Springs State Park stargazing in January 2027

The darkest sky on the US East Coast. Astronomy field is open 24 hours.

Fri 1 Jan to Sun 31 Jan 2027

Best night: Mon 4 January 2027

Dark from 18:36 to 06:00 · 11.5 h without the moon · Milky Way core: below horizon

Night of	Moon	Dark hours	Moon-free	Milky Way core	Score
Fri 1 Jan	27%	11.5	8.7	below horizon	94
Sat 2 Jan	19%	11.5	9.7	below horizon	97
Sun 3 Jan	12%	11.5	10.7	below horizon	99
Mon 4 Jan	6%	11.5	11.5	below horizon	100
Tue 5 Jan	3%	11.5	11.5	below horizon	100
Wed 6 Jan	0%	11.5	11.5	below horizon	100
Thu 7 Jan	0%	11.5	11.5	below horizon	100
Fri 8 Jan	2%	11.5	11.5	below horizon	100
Sat 9 Jan	5%	11.5	11.2	below horizon	100
Sun 10 Jan	10%	11.3	10.0	below horizon	99
Mon 11 Jan	16%	11.3	9.0	below horizon	97
Tue 12 Jan	25%	11.3	7.8	below horizon	94
Wed 13 Jan	34%	11.3	6.8	below horizon	88
Thu 14 Jan	45%	11.3	5.7	below horizon	81
Fri 15 Jan	55%	11.3	4.5	below horizon	72
Sat 16 Jan	66%	11.3	3.2	below horizon	59
Sun 17 Jan	77%	11.3	2.0	below horizon	46
Mon 18 Jan	86%	11.2	0.7	below horizon	32
Tue 19 Jan	93%	11.2	0.0	below horizon	21
Wed 20 Jan	98%	11.2	0.0	below horizon	17
Thu 21 Jan	100%	11.2	0.0	below horizon	15
Fri 22 Jan	99%	11.2	0.0	below horizon	16
Sat 23 Jan	96%	11.2	0.0	below horizon	18
Sun 24 Jan	90%	11.0	1.3	below horizon	33
Mon 25 Jan	83%	11.0	2.5	below horizon	46
Tue 26 Jan	74%	11.0	3.7	below horizon	58
Wed 27 Jan	64%	11.0	4.8	below horizon	70
Thu 28 Jan	54%	11.0	6.0	below horizon	79
Fri 29 Jan	43%	11.0	7.0	below horizon	87
Sat 30 Jan	34%	10.8	8.2	below horizon	93
Sun 31 Jan	25%	10.8	9.2	below horizon	97

Questions

The best nights are Mon 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan, Wed 6 Jan, Thu 7 Jan, Fri 8 Jan, when the sky is fully dark and the moon is down for most of the night.

Not really: in January the galactic centre is below the horizon or only up in twilight or moonlight.

Weather is not included. Times are local (America/New_York).