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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 11.87°, 104.75° (Asia/Phnom_Penh).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia tonight (11.87°, 104.75°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 11.9°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia.
Local sky character in Longveaek
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 14 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 11.9° above the horizon, so stars within 12° of it never set from here.
- About 60.3% 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 49.1° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 8.4° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 14 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Longveaek 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 Longveaek
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 Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia.
- 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.
Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia?
- Tonight from Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, 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 Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia?
- Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 11.9° N, about 60.3% 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 Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia?
- The Galactic Centre culminates around 49.1° 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 Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, 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 Longveaek, Kampong Chhnang, 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.
Nearby cities
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- Sky tonight in Chealea, Kampong Cham, Cambodia20 km
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- Sky tonight in Ph'av, Kampong Cham, Cambodia29 km
- Sky tonight in Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia38 km
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- Sky tonight in Dangkao, Phnom Penh, Cambodia43 km
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