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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 11.99°, 105.46° (Asia/Phnom_Penh).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
6:19 PM
Dusk 7:32 PM
Dark hours
9.0 h
Dawn 4:33 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia Thursday, August 13

Stargazing
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
🛰️ ISSLoading…
🌈 Aurora
☁️ Cloud cover
🌡️ Temperature

Tonight's sky above Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia

Skywatchers in Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia 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 Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia tonight (11.99°, 105.46°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 12.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

Local sky character in Kampong Cham

Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 23 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 12° above the horizon, so stars within 12° of it never set from here.
  • About 60.4% 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 49° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
  • The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 8.3° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
  • At 23 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
12°
Sky reachable
60.4%
Milky Way core
49° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 9+

Kampong Cham is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.

Best nights this month in Kampong Cham

Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.

  • 2026-08-13Darkest 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 Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

  • 2026-08-28Full 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.

Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia?
Tonight from Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia 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 9.0 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Can I see both northern and southern constellations from Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia?
Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 12.0° N, about 60.4% of the entire celestial sphere rises at some point in the year, so Polaris-side constellations and the Southern Cross region are both reachable across the seasons.
How good is the Milky Way from Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia?
The Galactic Centre culminates around 49° above the horizon from here, high enough to clear most horizon haze. Local cloud and humidity, not geometry, are usually the limiting factor at tropical latitudes.
Are there seasons for stargazing in Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia?
Night length barely changes at this latitude — twilight is short and the Sun sets steeply, so darkness arrives quickly all year. What changes is which part of the sky is on view after sunset, and, in monsoon-affected regions, how often the sky is clear at all.
How dark does it actually get in Kampong Cham, Kampong Cham, Cambodia tonight?
About 9.0 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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