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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Baba Bakala, Punjab, India?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 31.56°, 75.26° (Asia/Kolkata).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Baba Bakala, Punjab, India — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Baba Bakala, Punjab, India
Baba Bakala, Punjab, India's sky tonight is a real, computable state — every value on this page comes from live NOAA space weather data, live orbital elements for the ISS, and astronomy-engine's ephemeris for the Sun, Moon, and planets.
Above Baba Bakala, Punjab, India tonight (31.56°, 75.26°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 31.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Baba Bakala, Punjab, India.
Local sky character in Baba Bakala
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 240 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 31.6° above the horizon, so stars within 32° of it never set from here.
- About 76.2% 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 29.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 240 m elevation, roughly 3% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Baba Bakala 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 Baba Bakala
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 Baba Bakala, Punjab, India.
- 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.
Baba Bakala, Punjab, India stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Baba Bakala, Punjab, India?
- Tonight from Baba Bakala, Punjab, India 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.
- Is light pollution a problem in Baba Bakala, Punjab, India?
- Baba Bakala, Punjab, India 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 Baba Bakala, Punjab, India?
- The core reaches about 29.4° 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 Baba Bakala, Punjab, India 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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