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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 24.53°, 56.56° (Asia/Muscat).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
6:49 PM
Dusk 8:10 PM
Dark hours
8.3 h
Dawn 4:26 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

📍 Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman — Thursday, August 13

⭐ Stargazing—
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
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🌈 Aurora—
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Tonight's sky above Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman

Above Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman 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 Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman tonight (24.53°, 56.56°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 24.5°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman.

Local sky character in Liwa

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 9 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 24.5° above the horizon, so stars within 25° of it never set from here.
  • About 70.8% 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 36.5° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
  • At 9 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
24.5°
Sky reachable
70.8%
Milky Way core
36.5° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 9+

Liwa 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 Liwa

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 Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman.

  • 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.

Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman?
Tonight from Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman 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 8.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Is light pollution a problem in Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman?
Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman 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 Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman?
The core reaches about 36.5° 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 Liwa, Al Batinah North, Oman tonight?
About 8.3 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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