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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 23.68°, 57.89° (Asia/Muscat).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
6:43 PM
Dusk 8:03 PM
Dark hours
8.3 h
Dawn 4:23 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman — Thursday, August 13

⭐ Stargazing—
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
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🌈 Aurora—
☁️ Cloud cover—
🌡️ Temperature—

Tonight's sky above Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman tonight (23.68°, 57.89°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 23.7°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman.

Local sky character in Barka'

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 13 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 23.7° above the horizon, so stars within 24° of it never set from here.
  • About 70.1% 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 37.3° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
  • At 13 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
23.7°
Sky reachable
70.1%
Milky Way core
37.3° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 9+

Barka' 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 Barka'

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 Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman.

  • 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.

Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman?
Tonight from Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman 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 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Is light pollution a problem in Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman?
Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman 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 Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman?
The core reaches about 37.3° 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 Barka', Al Batinah South, Oman tonight?
About 8.3 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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