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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 35.84°, 38.55° (Asia/Damascus).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria
Above Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.
Above Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria tonight (35.84°, 38.55°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 35.8°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria.
Local sky character in Al-Tabqa
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 342 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 35.8° above the horizon, so stars within 36° of it never set from here.
- About 79.3% 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 25.2° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 342 m elevation, roughly 4% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Al-Tabqa is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Best nights this month in Al-Tabqa
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 Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria.
- 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.
Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria?
- Tonight from Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria 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 7.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria?
- Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria 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 Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria?
- The core reaches about 25.2° 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 Al-Tabqa, Raqqa, Syria tonight?
- About 7.3 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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