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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Barbastro, Aragon, Spain?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 42.04°, 0.13° (Europe/Madrid).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Barbastro, Aragon, Spain — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Barbastro, Aragon, Spain
Skywatchers in Barbastro, Aragon, Spain 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 Barbastro, Aragon, Spain tonight (42.04°, 0.13°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.5 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 42.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.3 or higher — to reach Barbastro, Aragon, Spain.
Local sky character in Barbastro
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 338 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 42° above the horizon, so stars within 42° of it never set from here.
- About 83.5% 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 19° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 338 m elevation, roughly 4% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Barbastro is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Barbastro
Real great-circle distances from Barbastro, Aragon, Spain.
- Pic du Midi Dark Sky Reserve — dark-sky place, 96 km away, 2000 m
- Pic du Midi Observatory — observatory, 100 km away, 2877 m
Best nights this month in Barbastro
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 Barbastro, Aragon, Spain.
- 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.
Barbastro, Aragon, Spain stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Barbastro, Aragon, Spain?
- Tonight from Barbastro, Aragon, Spain 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 6.5 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Barbastro, Aragon, Spain?
- Pic du Midi Dark Sky Reserve lies about 96 km away; Pic du Midi Observatory lies about 100 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Barbastro, Aragon, Spain's coordinates.
- When is the best time to stargaze near Barbastro, Aragon, Spain?
- Combine two things this page computes: the astronomical darkness window (dusk to dawn), and the Moon. Nights within a few days of New Moon inside that window are the ones worth travelling for; the "best nights" section lists the next ones.
- How dark does it actually get in Barbastro, Aragon, Spain tonight?
- About 6.5 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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