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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for -11.27°, -75.65° (America/Lima).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
5:59 PM
Dusk 7:11 PM
Dark hours
9.9 h
Dawn 5:03 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

📍 Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru 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 Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru tonight (-11.27°, -75.65°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 11.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru.

Local sky character in Huasahuasi

Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 2737 m elevation

  • The south celestial pole stands 11.3° above the horizon, so stars within 11° of it never set from here.
  • About 59.8% 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 72.3° up, passing almost directly overhead.
  • The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 31.6° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
  • At 2737 m elevation, roughly 28% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
11.3°
Sky reachable
59.8%
Milky Way core
72.3° max
Aurora australis
Kp 9+

Huasahuasi 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 Huasahuasi

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 Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru.

  • 2026-08-27Full Moon

    A 99%-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.

Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru?
Tonight from Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru 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 9.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Does Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru's elevation help stargazing?
At 2737 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high.
What should I plan for observing near Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru?
High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 72.3° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
How dark does it actually get in Huasahuasi, Junin, Peru tonight?
About 9.9 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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