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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Columbus, OH?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 88%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 39.96°, -83.00°.
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Columbus, OH — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Columbus, OH
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Columbus, OH comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Columbus, OH tonight (39.96°, -83.00°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 88% illumination. The night gives 5.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 40.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Columbus, OH.
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