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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 9.24°, -74.43° (America/Bogota).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia
Above Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia 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 Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia tonight (9.24°, -74.43°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 9.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia.
Local sky character in Mompos
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 19 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 9.2° above the horizon, so stars within 9° of it never set from here.
- About 58% 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 51.8° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 11.1° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 19 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Mompos 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 Mompos
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 Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia. 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.
Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia?
- Tonight from Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia 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 9.1 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Can I see both northern and southern constellations from Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia?
- Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 9.2° N, about 58% 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 Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia?
- The Galactic Centre culminates around 51.8° 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 Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia?
- 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 Mompos, Bolívar, Colombia tonight?
- About 9.1 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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