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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 40.32°, 128.66° (Asia/Pyongyang).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea
Skywatchers in Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, 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 Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea tonight (40.32°, 128.66°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 40.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.9 or higher — to reach Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea.
Local sky character in Iwon-up
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 2 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 40.3° above the horizon, so stars within 40° of it never set from here.
- About 82.4% 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 20.7° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 2 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Iwon-up 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 Iwon-up
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 Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, 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.
Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea?
- Tonight from Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, 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 6.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea?
- Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, 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 Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea?
- The core reaches about 20.7° 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 Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea tonight?
- About 6.7 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 Iwon-up, South Hamgyong, North Korea.
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