Live Sky Report
What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Amga, Sakha, Russia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 60.90°, 131.98° (Asia/Yakutsk).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Amga, Sakha, Russia — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Amga, Sakha, Russia
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Amga, Sakha, Russia comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Amga, Sakha, Russia tonight (60.90°, 131.98°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. At 60.9°, aurora is possible from here whenever Kp climbs above quiet baseline.
Local sky character in Amga
Northern high latitudes · northern hemisphere · 155 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 60.9° above the horizon, so stars within 61° of it never set from here.
- About 93.7% 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 0.1° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 155 m elevation, roughly 2% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
- Above 61° the observing year is strongly seasonal: mid-summer nights may never reach astronomical darkness, while mid-winter delivers very long dark windows.
Amga 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 Amga
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 Amga, Sakha, Russia.
- 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.
Amga, Sakha, Russia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Amga, Sakha, Russia?
- Tonight from Amga, Sakha, Russia expect a new moon Moon at 0% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars. At this latitude the Sun may not drop 18° below the horizon tonight, so full astronomical darkness is not reached.
- How likely are the northern lights in Amga, Sakha, Russia?
- Amga, Sakha, Russia sits at 60.9° N, inside the latitude range the auroral oval reaches on ordinary active nights — the oval sits near 58° geomagnetic latitude at Kp 3. That means aurora is a realistic prospect here whenever geomagnetic activity lifts above the quiet baseline, not only during major storms.
- What time of night is best for aurora watching in Amga, Sakha, Russia?
- Auroral substorms cluster around local magnetic midnight, so the hours either side of midnight are statistically strongest. You also need real darkness: this page's dusk and dawn times mark the usable window, and in mid-summer that window can close entirely at this latitude.
- Do I need to leave Amga, Sakha, Russia to see the aurora?
- Amga, Sakha, Russia is small enough that local sky glow is not the limiting factor; a clear view toward the northern horizon and clear weather matter more.
- How dark does it actually get in Amga, Sakha, Russia tonight?
- Amga, Sakha, Russia is far enough from the equator that at this time of year the Sun stays above −18°, so astronomical darkness is not reached tonight — a normal feature of high-latitude summers, not a data error.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Amga, Sakha, Russia.
More in Sakha
Other sky reports in the same region.
Sky tonight across Russia
Other cities in Russia with live sky reports.
- Sky tonight in Markha, Sakha180 km
- Sky tonight in Ytyk-Kyuyel', Sakha183 km
- Sky tonight in Borogontsy, Sakha201 km
- Sky tonight in Namtsy, Sakha237 km
- Sky tonight in Khandyga, Sakha271 km
- Sky tonight in Berdigestyakh, Sakha310 km
- Sky tonight in Tommot, Sakha383 km
- Sky tonight in Nizhniy Kuranakh, Sakha428 km
Popular astronomy destinations
Aurora hubs, dark-sky sites, and observatory towns.
