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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 16.44°, -85.89° (America/Tegucigalpa).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras tonight (16.44°, -85.89°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.8 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 16.4°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras.
Local sky character in Guanaja
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere
- The north celestial pole stands 16.4° above the horizon, so stars within 16° of it never set from here.
- About 64.2% 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 44.6° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 3.9° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
Guanaja 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 Guanaja
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 Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras. 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.
Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras?
- Tonight from Guanaja, Bay Islands, 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 8.8 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras?
- Guanaja, Bay Islands, 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 Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras?
- The core reaches about 44.6° 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 Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras tonight?
- About 8.8 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 Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras.
- Sky tonight in Santa Rosa de Aguan, Colón Department, Honduras58 km
- Sky tonight in Trujillo, Colón Department, Honduras59 km
- Sky tonight in Coxen Hole, Bay Islands, Honduras71 km
- Sky tonight in Limon, Colón Department, Honduras76 km
- Sky tonight in Tocoa, Colón Department, Honduras85 km
- Sky tonight in Iriona, Colón Department, Honduras100 km
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