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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 62.23°, -6.59° (Atlantic/Faroe).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands tonight (62.23°, -6.59°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. At 62.2°, aurora is possible from here whenever Kp climbs above quiet baseline.
Local sky character in Klaksvik
Northern high latitudes · northern hemisphere · 88 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 62.2° above the horizon, so stars within 62° of it never set from here.
- About 94.2% of the whole sky rises above the horizon at some point in the year from this latitude.
- The Galactic Centre never rises from this latitude, so the brightest stretch of the Milky Way stays permanently below the horizon.
- At 88 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
- Above 62° the observing year is strongly seasonal: mid-summer nights may never reach astronomical darkness, while mid-winter delivers very long dark windows.
Klaksvik 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 Klaksvik
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 Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands.
- 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.
Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands?
- Tonight from Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands expect a new moon Moon at 0% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars. At this latitude the Sun may not drop 18° below the horizon tonight, so full astronomical darkness is not reached.
- How likely are the northern lights in Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands?
- Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands sits at 62.2° N, inside the latitude range the auroral oval reaches on ordinary active nights — the oval sits near 58° geomagnetic latitude at Kp 3. That means aurora is a realistic prospect here whenever geomagnetic activity lifts above the quiet baseline, not only during major storms.
- What time of night is best for aurora watching in Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands?
- 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 in mid-summer that window can close entirely at this latitude.
- Do I need to leave Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands to see the aurora?
- Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands 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 Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands tonight?
- Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands is far enough from the equator that at this time of year the Sun stays above −18°, so astronomical darkness is not reached tonight — a normal feature of high-latitude summers, not a data error.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Klaksvik, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands.
- Sky tonight in Torshavn, Streymoy, Faroe Islands26 km
- Sky tonight in Lerwick, Scotland, United Kingdom372 km
- Sky tonight in Floro, Vestland, Norway612 km
- Sky tonight in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom619 km
- Sky tonight in Ulsteinvik, Møre og Romsdal, Norway642 km
- Sky tonight in Alesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway657 km
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