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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Charleston, SC?

Waxing Gibbous moon at 88%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 32.78°, -79.93°.

Moon
Waxing Gibbous
88% lit
Sunset
12:22 AM
Dusk 1:57 AM
Dark hours
7.0 h
Dawn 8:55 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Charleston, SCSunday, July 26

Stargazing
🌙 MoonWaxing Gibbous • 88% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activitySouthern Delta Aquariids in 4 days
🌌 Milky WayMuted by moonlight tonight
🛰️ ISSLoading…
🌈 Aurora
☁️ Cloud cover
🌡️ Temperature

Tonight's sky above Charleston, SC

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Charleston, SC comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Charleston, SC tonight (32.78°, -79.93°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 88% illumination. The night gives 7.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 32.8°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Charleston, SC.

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