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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 35.06°, 126.99° (Asia/Seoul).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea tonight (35.06°, 126.99°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 35.1°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
Local sky character in Hwasun
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 75 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 35.1° above the horizon, so stars within 35° of it never set from here.
- About 78.7% 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 25.9° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 75 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Hwasun 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 Hwasun
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 Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South 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.
Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea?
- Tonight from Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South 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 7.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea?
- Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South 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 Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea?
- The core reaches about 25.9° 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 Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea tonight?
- About 7.3 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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