Torrance Barrens stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Best observing window tonight

Fri 5:00 p.m. – Sat 12:00 a.m. (8h, 1% mean cloud)

Astronomical night

Fri 4:25 p.m. → Sat 2:20 a.m.

Moon

New moon · 2% illuminated

Mean cloud (during night)

14%   (min 0%)

Site

Torrance Barrens is the closest truly dark sky to Toronto. On a clear, moonless night you can see the Andromeda Galaxy with the unaided eye and the Milky Way reads as a physical band of light, not a smudge.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 2 hours north via Highway 400 to Muskoka Road 13, near Gravenhurst.

Best time of year: Late spring through early autumn, on the 3–4 nights centred on each new moon. The galactic core rises after midnight from May to August.

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 Torrance Barrens: /sites/torrance-barrens.txt
• Structured site data: /sites/torrance-barrens.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=torrance-barrens updates continuously.