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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 50.55°, 6.24° (Europe/Berlin).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
8:58 PM
Dusk 11:18 PM
Dark hours
4.7 h
Dawn 4:01 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 5.4+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — Wednesday, August 12

⭐ 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 Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany tonight (50.55°, 6.24°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 4.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 50.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 5.4 or higher — to reach Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Local sky character in Monschau

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 418 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 50.6° above the horizon, so stars within 51° of it never set from here.
  • About 88.6% 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 10.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 418 m elevation, roughly 5% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
50.6°
Sky reachable
88.6%
Milky Way core
10.4° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 5.4+

Monschau is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.

Astronomy near Monschau

Real great-circle distances from Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

  • Eifel National Park Dark Sky Park — dark-sky place, 12 km away, 500 m
  • Effelsberg Radio Telescope — observatory, 46 km away, 319 m

Best nights this month in Monschau

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 Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

  • 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour

    Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 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.

Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?
Tonight from Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 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 4.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?
Eifel National Park Dark Sky Park lies about 12 km away; Effelsberg Radio Telescope lies about 46 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's coordinates.
When is the best time to stargaze near Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?
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 Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany tonight?
About 4.7 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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