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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 31.13°, 53.28° (Asia/Tehran).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran tonight (31.13°, 53.28°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 31.1°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran.
Local sky character in Abarkuh
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 1508 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 31.1° above the horizon, so stars within 31° of it never set from here.
- About 75.8% 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 29.9° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 1508 m elevation, roughly 16% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Abarkuh 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 Abarkuh
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-13 — 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 Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran.
- 2026-08-28 — 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.
Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran?
- Tonight from Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran 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 7.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran's elevation help stargazing?
- At 1508 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high.
- What should I plan for observing near Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 29.9° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Abarkuh, Yazd Province, Iran tonight?
- About 7.7 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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