# Bright Night

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-night/564886>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-night/564886 "2010-12-20T23:20:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-night/564886/1 "2010-12-20T23:20:30Z")

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Last night after going shopping during the rain storm, the power in my area went out. So, I took a nap, woke up and noticed it was still bright outside. The clock said 10 PM, but outside it looked as if it was early dusk. You’d think it was 5 PM. It didn’t get really dark until midnight. I know it was mostly a full moon, but could the clouds have scattered the moonlight that much to cause this? Why did it large change a few hours later.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-night/564886/2 "2010-12-20T23:37:53Z")

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Are you near a large city? I’ve noticed that low clouds increase skyglow from nearby Phoenix dramatically.