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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 24.34°, 124.16° (Asia/Tokyo).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
Above Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.
Above Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan tonight (24.34°, 124.16°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 24.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan.
Local sky character in Ishigaki
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 18 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 24.3° above the horizon, so stars within 24° of it never set from here.
- About 70.6% 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 36.7° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- At 18 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Ishigaki is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Ishigaki
Real great-circle distances from Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan.
- Iriomote-Ishigaki Dark Sky Park — dark-sky place, 27 km away, 30 m
Best nights this month in Ishigaki
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 Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan.
- 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.
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan?
- Tonight from Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan 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.
- Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan?
- Iriomote-Ishigaki Dark Sky Park lies about 27 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan's coordinates.
- When is the best time to stargaze near Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan?
- Combine two things this page computes: the astronomical darkness window (dusk to dawn), and the Moon. Nights within a few days of New Moon inside that window are the ones worth travelling for; the "best nights" section lists the next ones.
- How dark does it actually get in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan 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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