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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 22.19°, 88.19° (Asia/Kolkata).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India
Above Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India 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 Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India tonight (22.19°, 88.19°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.4 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 22.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India.
Local sky character in Diamond Harbour
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 5 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 22.2° above the horizon, so stars within 22° of it never set from here.
- About 68.9% 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 38.8° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- At 5 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Diamond Harbour 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 Diamond Harbour
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 Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India. 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.
Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India?
- Tonight from Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India 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 8.4 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India?
- Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India 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 Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India?
- The core reaches about 38.8° 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 Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India tonight?
- About 8.4 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 Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India.
- Sky tonight in Haldia, West Bengal, India17 km
- Sky tonight in Baruipur, West Bengal, India32 km
- Sky tonight in Uluberiya, West Bengal, India33 km
- Sky tonight in Fort Gloster, West Bengal, India35 km
- Sky tonight in Maheshtala, West Bengal, India36 km
- Sky tonight in Rajpur Sonarpur, West Bengal, India37 km
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