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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for -16.23°, 39.91° (Africa/Maputo).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique
Skywatchers in Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique have the same live tools professional observers use — a real ephemeris, live Kp readings from NOAA SWPC, and hourly cloud forecasts — condensed into one report on this page.
Above Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique tonight (-16.23°, 39.91°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 10.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 16.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique.
Local sky character in Angoche
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 12 m elevation
- The south celestial pole stands 16.2° above the horizon, so stars within 16° of it never set from here.
- About 64% 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 77.2° up, passing almost directly overhead.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 36.5° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 12 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Angoche 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 Angoche
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 Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique.
- 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.
Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique?
- Tonight from Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique 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 10.0 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique?
- Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique 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 Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique?
- The core reaches about 77.2° 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 Angoche, Nampula, Mozambique tonight?
- About 10.0 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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