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But best are moonless nights, when shimmering whorls of the Milky Way fill the night and desert creatures emerge to crawl and slither the dunes.
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Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
From total solar and lunar eclipses and brilliant planetary conjunctions to iconic meteor showers peaking under moonless night skies and a festive supermoon, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
On a moonless night, radiant stars blink in startling proximity to Chile’s Elqui Valley.
—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
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
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Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
From total solar and lunar eclipses and brilliant planetary conjunctions to iconic meteor showers peaking under moonless night skies and a festive supermoon, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
On a moonless night, radiant stars blink in startling proximity to Chile’s Elqui Valley.
—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
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
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“Moonless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonless. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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