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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 39.62°, 19.92° (Europe/Athens).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
Skywatchers in Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece have the same live tools professional observers use — a real ephemeris, live Kp readings from NOAA SWPC, and hourly cloud forecasts — condensed into one report on this page.
Above Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece tonight (39.62°, 19.92°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.8 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 39.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.
Local sky character in Corfu
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 13 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 39.6° above the horizon, so stars within 40° of it never set from here.
- About 81.9% 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 21.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 13 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Corfu 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 Corfu
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-12 — 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 Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.
- 2026-08-27 — 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.
Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece?
- Tonight from Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece 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 6.8 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece?
- Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece is small enough that the Milky Way can be visible on clear, moonless nights away from the immediate centre. This page's Moon and darkness figures tell you the other half of the story.
- When can I see the Milky Way from Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece?
- The core reaches about 21.4° altitude, so target the moonless nights listed in the best-nights section and get away from the city core.
- How dark does it actually get in Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece tonight?
- About 6.8 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 Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.
- Sky tonight in Sarande, Vlorë County, Albania29 km
- Sky tonight in Gjirokaster, Gjirokastër County, Albania54 km
- Sky tonight in Tepelene, Gjirokastër County, Albania75 km
- Sky tonight in Permet, Gjirokastër County, Albania77 km
- Sky tonight in Vlore, Vlorë County, Albania101 km
- Sky tonight in Erseke, Korçë County, Albania102 km
Sky tonight across Greece
Other cities in Greece with live sky reports.
- Sky tonight in Astakos, West Greece157 km
- Sky tonight in Agrinio, West Greece170 km
- Sky tonight in Kozani, West Macedonia176 km
- Sky tonight in Karpenisi, Central Greece180 km
- Sky tonight in Mesolongi, West Greece191 km
- Sky tonight in Makrakomi, Central Greece204 km
- Sky tonight in Larisa, Thessaly214 km
- Sky tonight in Larisa, Thessaly214 km
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