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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 23.98°, 121.60° (Asia/Taipei).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan tonight (23.98°, 121.60°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 24.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan.
Local sky character in Hualien City
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 13 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 24° above the horizon, so stars within 24° of it never set from here.
- About 70.3% 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 37° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- At 13 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Hualien City is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Best nights this month in Hualien City
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 Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan. 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.
Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan?
- Tonight from Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan 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 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan?
- Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan 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 Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan?
- The core reaches about 37° 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 Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan tonight?
- About 8.3 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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