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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
Waxing Crescent moon at 8%, Mars shines at magnitude 1.0. Calculated for 55.08°, 24.28° (Europe/Vilnius).
Visible planets tonight
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn — brightest: Mars at mag 1.0 in Cancer
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📍 Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania — Tuesday, October 13
Space weather observed: 9:00 AM UTC
Tonight's sky above Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Local sky character in Jonava
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 67 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 55.1° above the horizon, so stars within 55° of it never set from here.
- About 91% 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 5.9° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 67 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Jonava is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
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Best nights this month in Jonava
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-10-21 — Orionids peak — up to 20/hour
Radiant in Orion. Visible from both hemispheres. The Moon is 72% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is moderate.
- 2026-10-25 — Full 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.
- 2026-11-05 — Taurids peak — up to 5/hour
Radiant in Taurus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania. The Moon is 18% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is low.
- 2026-11-09 — 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 Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Tonight from Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania expect a waxing crescent Moon at 8% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. The night offers about 9.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- What planets are visible tonight in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Tonight in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn are visible to the naked eye after dark, based on this location's real ephemeris for tonight.
- When does darkness start tonight in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Astronomical darkness begins at 8:29 PM local time in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania tonight, the moment the Sun drops more than 18° below the horizon and the sky becomes fully dark for faint-object observing.
- Can you see the aurora tonight in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania is far enough from the pole that aurora only reaches overhead during a major geomagnetic storm — specifically when the planetary Kp index reaches about 3.9, a level reached only a handful of times per solar cycle.
- What is the stargazing light pollution level in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania is a small town — typically Bortle class 1–4 (rural to excellent dark sky), where the Milky Way is usually visible on clear, moonless nights away from local lighting. These are typical ranges for this population size, not a measured reading for this exact spot — use tonight's Moon phase and the best-nights list above to time a visit away from direct lighting.
- How likely are the northern lights in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania sits at 55.1° N, inside the latitude range the auroral oval reaches on ordinary active nights — the oval sits near 58° geomagnetic latitude at Kp 3. A stronger disturbance — around Kp 3.9 — is still needed for the display to reach overhead.
- What time of night is best for aurora watching in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania?
- Auroral substorms cluster around local magnetic midnight, so the hours either side of midnight are statistically strongest. You also need real darkness: this page's dusk and dawn times mark the usable window, and the window is longest around the winter months.
- Do I need to leave Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania to see the aurora?
- Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania is small enough that local sky glow is not the limiting factor; a clear view toward the northern horizon and clear weather matter more.
- How dark does it actually get in Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania tonight?
- About 9.3 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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This page goes beyond ordinary astronomy weather -- it combines real local weather for astronomy, live space weather, and the space weather aurora connection into one live report for Jonava, Kaunas, Lithuania.
What are tonight's astronomy viewing conditions for Jonava?
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