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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 15.03°, -86.07° (America/Tegucigalpa).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
6:08 PM
Dusk 7:23 PM
Dark hours
8.9 h
Dawn 4:15 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

📍 Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras Thursday, August 13

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

Tonight's sky above Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras

Skywatchers in Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras 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 Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras tonight (15.03°, -86.07°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 15.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras.

Local sky character in Gualaco

Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 653 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 15° above the horizon, so stars within 15° of it never set from here.
  • About 63% 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 46° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
  • The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 5.3° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
  • At 653 m elevation, roughly 7% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
15°
Sky reachable
63%
Milky Way core
46° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 9+

Gualaco 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 Gualaco

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

  • 2026-08-13Darkest 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 Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras.

  • 2026-08-28Full 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.

Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras?
Tonight from Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras 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 8.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Is light pollution a problem in Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras?
Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras 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 Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras?
The core reaches about 46° 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 Gualaco, Olancho Department, Honduras tonight?
About 8.9 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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