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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Madison, WI?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 88%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 43.07°, -89.40°.
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Madison, WI — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Madison, WI
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Madison, WI comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Madison, WI tonight (43.07°, -89.40°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 88% illumination. The night gives 5.2 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 43.1°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8 or higher — to reach Madison, WI.
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