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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 45.20°, -72.75° (America/Toronto).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Cowansville, Quebec, Canada — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
Above Cowansville, Quebec, Canada 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 Cowansville, Quebec, Canada tonight (45.20°, -72.75°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 5.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 45.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 7.2 or higher — to reach Cowansville, Quebec, Canada.
Local sky character in Cowansville
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 117 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 45.2° above the horizon, so stars within 45° of it never set from here.
- About 85.5% 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 15.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 117 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Cowansville is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Cowansville
Real great-circle distances from Cowansville, Quebec, Canada.
- Mont-Mégantic Dark Sky Reserve — dark-sky place, 128 km away, 1100 m
Best nights this month in Cowansville
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 Cowansville, Quebec, Canada.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. 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.
Cowansville, Quebec, Canada stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Cowansville, Quebec, Canada?
- Tonight from Cowansville, Quebec, Canada 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 5.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Cowansville, Quebec, Canada?
- Mont-Mégantic Dark Sky Reserve lies about 128 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Cowansville, Quebec, Canada's coordinates.
- When is the best time to stargaze near Cowansville, Quebec, Canada?
- Combine two things this page computes: the astronomical darkness window (dusk to dawn), and the Moon. Nights within a few days of New Moon inside that window are the ones worth travelling for; the "best nights" section lists the next ones.
- How dark does it actually get in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada tonight?
- About 5.9 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.
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