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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).
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
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.
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.
- 2026-08-12 — 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 Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids 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.
- 2026-08-27 — 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.
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.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Donghae City, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
- Sky tonight in Santyoku, Gangwon-do, South Korea13 km
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