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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Cairns, Queensland, Australia?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 89%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for -16.92°, 145.77° (Australia/Brisbane).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Cairns, Queensland, Australia — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Cairns, Queensland, Australia'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 Cairns, Queensland, Australia tonight (-16.92°, 145.77°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 89% illumination. The night gives 10.2 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 16.9°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
- Sky tonight in Townsville, Queensland, Australia283 km
- Sky tonight in Port Moresby, National Capital, Papua New Guinea841 km
- Sky tonight in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia1319 km
- Sky tonight in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia1343 km
- Sky tonight in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1390 km
- Sky tonight in Brisbane, QLD, Australia1390 km
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Sky tonight across Australia
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- Sky tonight in Alice Springs, NT1449 km
- Sky tonight in Coonabarabran, NSW1635 km
- Sky tonight in Darwin, NT1679 km
- Sky tonight in Darwin, Northern Territory1679 km
- Sky tonight in Uluru, NT1790 km
- Sky tonight in Newcastle, New South Wales1879 km
- Sky tonight in Central Coast, New South Wales1919 km
- Sky tonight in Sydney, New South Wales1961 km
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