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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 37.83°, 127.51° (Asia/Seoul).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea tonight (37.83°, 127.51°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 37.8°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Local sky character in Gapyeong
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 67 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 37.8° above the horizon, so stars within 38° of it never set from here.
- About 80.7% 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 23.2° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 67 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Gapyeong 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 Gapyeong
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 Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-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.
Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea?
- Tonight from Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-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 7.0 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea?
- Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 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 Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea?
- The core reaches about 23.2° 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 Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea tonight?
- About 7.0 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 Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
- Sky tonight in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea20 km
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- Sky tonight in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea39 km
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