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On a moonless night, radiant stars blink in startling proximity to Chile’s Elqui Valley.
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Emma Fritz, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
And sometimes, on moonless nights when the sky is especially dark and the air is crystal clear — as is often the case on a cold winter night — the Milky Way can be admired in all its glory.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The Orionid meteor shower peak begins tonight, welcoming a spectacular natural light show that could see a flurry of shooting stars spawned by Halley's Comet brighten the dark, moonless sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
On a moonless night in January, a gargantuan turtle was digging a nest high up on a soft sand beach at Galathea Bay on the Great Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Overhead, the late-summer sky was moonless and staggeringly clear.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The 84%-lit waning gibbous moon, which lessened the Perseids’ impact on Monday night, will have reduced in brightness by the weekend and will rise around midnight, creating a window of moonless darkness beforehand.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’s no bad time to see the stars, but for a real spectacle, show up on a moonless night in July or August when the Perseid meteor shower is at its most active.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
His favorite part is when the sky glows with countless stars on a moonless night, and the towering sandstone formations cast mysterious silhouettes.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
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Emma Fritz, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
And sometimes, on moonless nights when the sky is especially dark and the air is crystal clear — as is often the case on a cold winter night — the Milky Way can be admired in all its glory.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The Orionid meteor shower peak begins tonight, welcoming a spectacular natural light show that could see a flurry of shooting stars spawned by Halley's Comet brighten the dark, moonless sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
On a moonless night in January, a gargantuan turtle was digging a nest high up on a soft sand beach at Galathea Bay on the Great Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Overhead, the late-summer sky was moonless and staggeringly clear.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The 84%-lit waning gibbous moon, which lessened the Perseids’ impact on Monday night, will have reduced in brightness by the weekend and will rise around midnight, creating a window of moonless darkness beforehand.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’s no bad time to see the stars, but for a real spectacle, show up on a moonless night in July or August when the Perseid meteor shower is at its most active.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
His favorite part is when the sky glows with countless stars on a moonless night, and the towering sandstone formations cast mysterious silhouettes.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Moonless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonless. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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