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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 38.71°, 127.60° (Asia/Pyongyang).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea
Skywatchers in Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea 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 Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea tonight (38.71°, 127.60°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 38.7°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea.
Local sky character in Hoeyang
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 354 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 38.7° above the horizon, so stars within 39° of it never set from here.
- About 81.3% 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 22.3° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 354 m elevation, roughly 4% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Hoeyang 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 Hoeyang
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 Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea.
- 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.
Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea?
- Tonight from Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North 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 6.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea?
- Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North 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 Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea?
- The core reaches about 22.3° 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 Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea tonight?
- About 6.9 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.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea.
- Sky tonight in Kosan, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea22 km
- Sky tonight in T'ongch'on-up, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea37 km
- Sky tonight in Anbyon-up, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea37 km
- Sky tonight in Wonsan, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea51 km
- Sky tonight in Wonsan, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea51 km
- Sky tonight in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do, South Korea65 km
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