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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Dakoutun, Tianjin, China?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 39.58°, 117.23° (Asia/Shanghai).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Dakoutun, Tianjin, China — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Dakoutun, Tianjin, China
Skywatchers in Dakoutun, Tianjin, China 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 Dakoutun, Tianjin, China tonight (39.58°, 117.23°), 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 Dakoutun, Tianjin, China.
Local sky character in Dakoutun
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 10 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 10 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Dakoutun is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Dakoutun
Real great-circle distances from Dakoutun, Tianjin, China.
- Xinglong Station — observatory, 95 km away, 900 m
Best nights this month in Dakoutun
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 Dakoutun, Tianjin, China.
- 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.
Dakoutun, Tianjin, China stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Dakoutun, Tianjin, China?
- Tonight from Dakoutun, Tianjin, China 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.
- Does Dakoutun, Tianjin, China's elevation help stargazing?
- At 10 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Xinglong Station sits about 95 km from Dakoutun, Tianjin, China at 900 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Dakoutun, Tianjin, China?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 21.4° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Dakoutun, Tianjin, China 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.
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