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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for -11.66°, 39.55° (Africa/Maputo).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
Above Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique 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 Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique tonight (-11.66°, 39.55°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 11.7°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
Local sky character in Mueda
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 850 m elevation
- The south celestial pole stands 11.7° above the horizon, so stars within 12° of it never set from here.
- About 60.1% 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 72.7° up, passing almost directly overhead.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 32° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 850 m elevation, roughly 10% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Mueda 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 Mueda
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 Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
- 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.
Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique?
- Tonight from Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique 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 9.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Can I see both northern and southern constellations from Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique?
- Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 11.7° S, about 60.1% 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 Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique?
- The Galactic Centre culminates around 72.7° above the horizon from here, which is nearly overhead — the densest part of the Milky Way passes through the zenith region, the best geometry available anywhere on Earth. Local cloud and humidity, not geometry, are usually the limiting factor at tropical latitudes.
- Are there seasons for stargazing in Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique?
- 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 Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique tonight?
- About 9.9 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
Real great-circle distance from Mueda, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
- Sky tonight in Macomia, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique90 km
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