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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 49.66°, 21.16° (Europe/Warsaw).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland
Above Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland 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 Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland tonight (49.66°, 21.16°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 5.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 49.7°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 5.7 or higher — to reach Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland.
Local sky character in Gorlice
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 283 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 49.7° above the horizon, so stars within 50° of it never set from here.
- About 88.1% 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 11.3° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 283 m elevation, roughly 3% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Gorlice 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 Gorlice
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-13 — 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 Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland.
- 2026-08-28 — 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.
Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland?
- Tonight from Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland 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 5.0 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland?
- Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland 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 Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland?
- The core reaches about 11.3° 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 Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland tonight?
- About 5.0 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 Gorlice, Lesser Poland, Poland.
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