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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Detroit, MI?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 89%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 42.33°, -83.05°.
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Detroit, MI — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Detroit, MI
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Detroit, MI comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Detroit, MI tonight (42.33°, -83.05°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 89% illumination. The night gives 5.4 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 42.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.2 or higher — to reach Detroit, MI.
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