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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 50.49°, 9.34° (Europe/Berlin).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany
Skywatchers in Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany have the same live tools professional observers use — a real ephemeris, live Kp readings from NOAA SWPC, and hourly cloud forecasts — condensed into one report on this page.
Above Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany tonight (50.49°, 9.34°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 4.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 50.5°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 5.4 or higher — to reach Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany.
Local sky character in Grebenhain
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 435 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 50.5° above the horizon, so stars within 51° of it never set from here.
- About 88.6% 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 10.5° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 435 m elevation, roughly 5% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Grebenhain is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Grebenhain
Real great-circle distances from Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany.
- Rhön Dark Sky Reserve — dark-sky place, 47 km away, 700 m
Best nights this month in Grebenhain
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 Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany.
- 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.
Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany?
- Tonight from Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany 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 4.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany?
- Rhön Dark Sky Reserve lies about 47 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany's coordinates.
- When is the best time to stargaze near Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany?
- 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 Grebenhain, Hesse, Germany tonight?
- About 4.7 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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