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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 4.62°, -75.64° (America/Bogota).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia
Above Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.
Above Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia tonight (4.62°, -75.64°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 4.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia.
Local sky character in Circasia
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 1772 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 4.6° above the horizon, so stars within 5° of it never set from here.
- About 54% 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 56.4° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 15.7° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 1772 m elevation, roughly 19% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Circasia is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Best nights this month in Circasia
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 Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia.
- 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.
Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia?
- Tonight from Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia 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 9.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia's elevation help stargazing?
- At 1772 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high.
- What should I plan for observing near Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 56.4° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia tonight?
- About 9.3 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.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Circasia, Quindío Department, Colombia.
- Sky tonight in Armenia, Quindío Department, Colombia10 km
- Sky tonight in Armenia, Quindío Department, Colombia10 km
- Sky tonight in Quimbaya, Quindío Department, Colombia14 km
- Sky tonight in Pereira, Risaralda Department, Colombia23 km
- Sky tonight in Pereira, Risaralda Department, Colombia23 km
- Sky tonight in Dosquebradas, Risaralda Department, Colombia25 km
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