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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 40.60°, 125.95° (Asia/Pyongyang).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea
Above Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.
Above Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea tonight (40.60°, 125.95°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 40.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.8 or higher — to reach Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea.
Local sky character in Kop'ung
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 412 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 40.6° above the horizon, so stars within 41° of it never set from here.
- About 82.5% 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 20.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 412 m elevation, roughly 5% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Kop'ung 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 Kop'ung
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-12 — 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 Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.
- 2026-08-27 — 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.
Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea?
- Tonight from Kop'ung, Chagang, 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 Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea?
- Kop'ung, Chagang, 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 Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea?
- The core reaches about 20.4° 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 Kop'ung, Chagang, 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 Kop'ung, Chagang, North Korea.
- Sky tonight in Songwon, Chagang, North Korea26 km
- Sky tonight in Songwon-up, Chagang, North Korea40 km
- Sky tonight in Pukchin-rodongjagu, P'yŏngan-bukto, North Korea48 km
- Sky tonight in Sijung, Chagang, North Korea64 km
- Sky tonight in Yoch'im-dong, Chagang, North Korea66 km
- Sky tonight in Kanggye, Chagang, North Korea67 km
More in Chagang
Other sky reports in the same region.
Sky tonight across North Korea
Other cities in North Korea with live sky reports.
- Sky tonight in Manp'o, Chagang68 km
- Sky tonight in Sakchu-up, P'yŏngan-bukto80 km
- Sky tonight in Kujang-up, P'yŏngan-bukto82 km
- Sky tonight in Yongbyon, P'yŏngan-bukto89 km
- Sky tonight in Kusong-si, P'yŏngan-bukto91 km
- Sky tonight in Tokch'on, South Pyongan98 km
- Sky tonight in Tokch'on, South Pyongan98 km
- Sky tonight in Kaech'on, South Pyongan101 km
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