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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 44.28°, 4.75° (Europe/Paris).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
8:49 PM
Dusk 10:42 PM
Dark hours
6.1 h
Dawn 4:49 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 7.5+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

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

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France — 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 Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France tonight (44.28°, 4.75°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 44.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 7.5 or higher — to reach Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Local sky character in Bollene

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 57 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 44.3° above the horizon, so stars within 44° of it never set from here.
  • About 84.9% 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 16.7° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 57 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
44.3°
Sky reachable
84.9%
Milky Way core
16.7° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 7.5+

Bollene is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.

Astronomy near Bollene

Real great-circle distances from Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

  • Haute-Provence Observatory — observatory, 86 km away, 650 m
  • Cévennes National Park Dark Sky Reserve — dark-sky place, 92 km away, 900 m

Best nights this month in Bollene

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 Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

  • 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.

Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France?
Tonight from Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 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 6.1 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Does Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France's elevation help stargazing?
At 57 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Haute-Provence Observatory sits about 86 km from Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France at 650 m.
What should I plan for observing near Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France?
High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 16.7° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
How dark does it actually get in Bollene, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France tonight?
About 6.1 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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