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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?

Waxing Crescent moon at 21%, Saturn shines at magnitude 0.3. Calculated for -21.76°, -43.35° (America/Sao_Paulo).

Moon
Waxing Crescent
21% lit
Sunset
5:56 PM
Dusk 7:12 PM
Dark hours
8.9 h
Dawn 4:04 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury — brightest: Saturn at mag 0.3 in Cetus

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil — Thursday, October 15

⭐ StargazingWeather telemetry updating
🌙 MoonWaxing Crescent • 21% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityOrionids in 6 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
🛰️ ISSNo visible ISS pass in the next 5 predicted passes
🌈 AuroraUnlikely — Quiet (Kp 1.3)
☁️ Cloud coverWeather telemetry updating
🌡️ TemperatureWeather telemetry updating

Space weather observed: 6:00 AM UTC

Tonight's sky above Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Local sky character in Juiz de Fora

Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 707 m elevation

  • The south celestial pole stands 21.8° above the horizon, so stars within 22° of it never set from here.
  • About 68.5% 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 82.8° up, passing almost directly overhead.
  • The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are circumpolar here — visible on any clear, dark night of the year.
  • At 707 m elevation, roughly 8% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
21.8°
Sky reachable
68.5%
Milky Way core
82.8° max
Aurora australis
Kp 9+

Juiz de Fora is a mid-sized urban area — bright constellations and planets work from town; faint deep-sky objects need a drive out.

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Best nights this month in Juiz de Fora

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.

  • 2026-11-09 — 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 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
Tonight from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil expect a waxing crescent Moon at 21% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury. The night offers about 8.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
What planets are visible tonight in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
Tonight in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury are visible to the naked eye after dark, based on this location's real ephemeris for tonight.
When does darkness start tonight in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
Astronomical darkness begins at 7:12 PM local time in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil 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 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil is far enough from the pole that aurora only reaches overhead during a major geomagnetic storm — specifically when the planetary Kp index reaches about 9, a level reached only a handful of times per solar cycle.
What is the stargazing light pollution level in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil is a mid-sized urban area — typically Bortle class 5–6 (bright suburban sky), where major constellations are workable but the Milky Way is washed out. 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.
Is light pollution a problem in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil is a mid-sized urban area: bright constellations are workable, faint deep-sky objects are not. This page's Moon and darkness figures tell you the other half of the story.
When can I see the Milky Way from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
The core reaches about 82.8° 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 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil tonight?
About 8.9 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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Is this just astronomy weather for Juiz de Fora?

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 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

What are tonight's astronomy viewing conditions for Juiz de Fora?

The sky viewing conditions badge above reflects the real astronomy viewing conditions for Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil right now -- cloud cover, darkness, and moon interference combined, not moon phase alone. Good weather for stargazing depends on all of these together.