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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 37.54°, 129.11° (Asia/Seoul).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
7:19 PM
Dusk 8:56 PM
Dark hours
7.1 h
Dawn 4:00 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea Wednesday, August 12

Stargazing
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
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🌈 Aurora
☁️ Cloud cover
🌡️ Temperature

Tonight's sky above Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Above Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea 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 Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea tonight (37.54°, 129.11°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 37.5°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea.

Local sky character in Donghae City

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 24 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 37.5° above the horizon, so stars within 38° of it never set from here.
  • About 80.5% 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 23.5° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 24 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
37.5°
Sky reachable
80.5%
Milky Way core
23.5° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 9+

Donghae City is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.

Astronomy near Donghae City

Real great-circle distances from Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea.

  • Yeongyang Firefly Dark Sky Park dark-sky place, 99 km away, 300 m

Best nights this month in Donghae City

Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.

  • 2026-08-12Darkest 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 Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea.

  • 2026-08-12Perseids peak — up to 100/hour

    Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.

  • 2026-08-27Full 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.

Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea?
Tonight from Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea 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 7.1 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea?
Yeongyang Firefly Dark Sky Park lies about 99 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea's coordinates.
When is the best time to stargaze near Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea?
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 Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea tonight?
About 7.1 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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