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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 42.60°, -8.94° (Europe/Madrid).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain tonight (42.60°, -8.94°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.4 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 42.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.1 or higher — to reach A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain.
Local sky character in A Pobra do Caraminal
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 8 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 42.6° above the horizon, so stars within 43° of it never set from here.
- About 83.8% of the whole sky rises above the horizon at some point in the year from this latitude.
- The Milky Way's core in Sagittarius culminates about 18.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 8 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
A Pobra do Caraminal is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Best nights this month in A Pobra do Caraminal
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-12 — Darkest night of the coming month
The Moon is only 0% illuminated, giving the least lunar interference in the next 30 nights — the best window for the Milky Way and faint deep-sky targets from A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.
- 2026-08-27 — Full Moon
A 100%-lit Moon washes out faint objects, but lunar terrain along the limb is at its most striking — plan bright targets and planets instead of deep sky.
A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain?
- Tonight from A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain expect a new moon Moon at 0% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars. The night offers about 6.4 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain?
- A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain is small enough that the Milky Way can be visible on clear, moonless nights away from the immediate centre. This page's Moon and darkness figures tell you the other half of the story.
- When can I see the Milky Way from A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain?
- The core reaches about 18.4° altitude, so target the moonless nights listed in the best-nights section and get away from the city core.
- How dark does it actually get in A Pobra do Caraminal, Galicia, Spain tonight?
- About 6.4 hours of astronomical darkness (Sun more than 18° below the horizon). That is the real observing window for faint objects; brighter targets are workable from dusk onward.
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