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Lunar illuminated fraction is a poor proxy for moonlight exposure

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Fig. 1: Elevation of the Moon and estimated horizontal illuminance for three different nights in 2018.

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C.C.M.K. acknowledges funding from the Helmholtz Association Initiative and Networking Fund under grant no. ERC-RA-0031, as well as through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme ERA-PLANET, grant agreement no. 689443, via the GEOEssential project. C.C.M.K. and T.S. discussed moonlight extensively as part of the Illuminating Lake Ecosystem (ILES) project, and we therefore also acknowledge the collaborative research grant of the Leibniz Competition (ILES, grant no. SAW-2015-IGB-1).

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C.C.M.K. produced the figure and wrote the first draft. J.C. developed the sky brightness model and edited the manuscript. T.S. ran the model and edited the manuscript.

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Kyba, C.C.M., Conrad, J. & Shatwell, T. Lunar illuminated fraction is a poor proxy for moonlight exposure. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 318–319 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1096-7

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