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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Monchique, Faro, Portugal?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 37.32°, -8.56° (Europe/Lisbon).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Monchique, Faro, Portugal — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Monchique, Faro, Portugal
Above Monchique, Faro, Portugal 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 Monchique, Faro, Portugal tonight (37.32°, -8.56°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 37.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Monchique, Faro, Portugal.
Local sky character in Monchique
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 439 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 37.3° above the horizon, so stars within 37° of it never set from here.
- About 80.3% 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 23.7° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 439 m elevation, roughly 5% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Monchique is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Monchique
Real great-circle distances from Monchique, Faro, Portugal.
- Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve — dark-sky place, 135 km away, 150 m
Best nights this month in Monchique
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 Monchique, Faro, Portugal.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Monchique, Faro, Portugal. 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.
Monchique, Faro, Portugal stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Monchique, Faro, Portugal?
- Tonight from Monchique, Faro, Portugal 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 7.1 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Monchique, Faro, Portugal?
- Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve lies about 135 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Monchique, Faro, Portugal's coordinates.
- When is the best time to stargaze near Monchique, Faro, Portugal?
- Combine two things this page computes: the astronomical darkness window (dusk to dawn), and the Moon. Nights within a few days of New Moon inside that window are the ones worth travelling for; the "best nights" section lists the next ones.
- How dark does it actually get in Monchique, Faro, Portugal tonight?
- About 7.1 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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