{"id":101,"date":"2026-07-19T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2026-07-20T00:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:49:25","slug":"observing-forecast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/observing-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Observing Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n        <div class=\"paa-forecast\">\n\n            <h2 class=\"paa-forecast-title\">Three Day Observing Forecast<\/h2>\n\n            <div class=\"paa-forecast-clock\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/cleardarksky.com\/c\/Peterboroughkey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/cleardarksky.com\/csk\/getcsk.php?id=Peterborough\"\n                        alt=\"Peterborough Clear Sky Clock\"\n                        loading=\"lazy\"\n                    >\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"paa-forecast-description\">\n                <p>\n                    The &quot;Clear Sky Clock&quot; is a handy new standard for predicting local weather\n                    for astronomical observing in far more detail than conventional weather forecasts.\n                <\/p>\n                <p>\n                    Peterborough's Clear Sky Clock provides information on current and future cloud cover,\n                    but also looks at the clarity and stability of the sky. It also takes into consideration\n                    when the moon will be out and what phase it is in.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p class=\"paa-forecast-copyright\">\n                Copyright &copy; 2006 - 2026 Peterborough Astronomical Association\n            <\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-title\">Current Lunar Phase<\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lpsw-moon-image lpsw-orientation-northern\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-content\/plugins\/celestial-lunar-phase\/assets\/images\/phases\/last-quarter.jpg\" alt=\"Last Quarter\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-phase\">Last Quarter<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-location\">Peterborough, Ontario, Canada<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-meta-row\"><span class=\"lpsw-label\">Moonrise<\/span><span class=\"lpsw-value\">No moonrise<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-meta-row\"><span class=\"lpsw-label\">Moonset<\/span><span class=\"lpsw-value\">2:06 PM<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-meta-row\"><span class=\"lpsw-label\">Dawn<\/span><span class=\"lpsw-value\">5:13 AM<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-meta-row\"><span class=\"lpsw-label\">Dusk<\/span><span class=\"lpsw-value\">6:39 PM<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-meta-row\"><span class=\"lpsw-label\">Illumination<\/span><span class=\"lpsw-value\">41%<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lpsw-credit\">Calculated locally by Celestial Web Development for 2026-11-02. Times use America\/New_York. Dawn\/Dusk are astronomical twilight. Results may vary from other services due to calculation and horizon assumptions.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterboroughastronomy.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}