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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Badaling, Beijing, China?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 40.36°, 115.99° (Asia/Shanghai).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Badaling, Beijing, China — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Badaling, Beijing, China
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Badaling, Beijing, China comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Badaling, Beijing, China tonight (40.36°, 115.99°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 40.4°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.9 or higher — to reach Badaling, Beijing, China.
Local sky character in Badaling
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 586 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 40.4° above the horizon, so stars within 40° of it never set from here.
- About 82.4% 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 20.6° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 586 m elevation, roughly 7% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Badaling is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Badaling
Real great-circle distances from Badaling, Beijing, China.
- Xinglong Station — observatory, 135 km away, 900 m
Best nights this month in Badaling
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 Badaling, Beijing, China.
- 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.
Badaling, Beijing, China stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Badaling, Beijing, China?
- Tonight from Badaling, Beijing, China 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 6.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Badaling, Beijing, China's elevation help stargazing?
- At 586 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Xinglong Station sits about 135 km from Badaling, Beijing, China at 900 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Badaling, Beijing, China?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 20.6° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Badaling, Beijing, China tonight?
- About 6.7 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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