Death Valley stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Best observing window tonight

Fri 1:00 p.m. – Fri 11:00 p.m. (11h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night

Fri 12:39 p.m. → Fri 11:05 p.m.

Moon

New moon · 2% illuminated

Mean cloud (during night)

0%   (min 0%)

Site

Death Valley is a Gold Tier International Dark Sky Park — the highest tier DarkSky International awards — and the park has no closing time, so you can drive in after sunset and watch the sky go from twilight to a desert-floor Milky Way with nobody around.

Drive from Toronto: Fly into Las Vegas, then drive about 2–2.5 hours west into the park.

Best time of year: Fall through spring around new moon, and during the park's annual Dark Sky Festival for ranger-led night programs.

Citations & data sources

• Open-Meteo Forecast API (cloud, humidity, wind, visibility)
• Open-Meteo astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon)
• Bortle scale reference for site darkness
• Editorial guide for Death Valley: /sites/death-valley-np.txt
• Structured site data: /sites/death-valley-np.json
• Live MCP server (AI agents): https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=death-valley-np updates continuously.