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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 45.45°, 34.74° (Europe/Simferopol).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine
Skywatchers in Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine have the same live tools professional observers use — a real ephemeris, live Kp readings from NOAA SWPC, and hourly cloud forecasts — condensed into one report on this page.
Above Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine tonight (45.45°, 34.74°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 5.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 45.4°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 7.1 or higher — to reach Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine.
Local sky character in Nizhnegorskiy
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 21 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 45.4° above the horizon, so stars within 45° of it never set from here.
- About 85.6% 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 15.6° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 21 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Nizhnegorskiy 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 Nizhnegorskiy
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 Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine.
- 2026-08-28 — 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.
Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine?
- Tonight from Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine 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 5.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine?
- Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine is small enough that the Milky Way can be visible on clear, moonless nights away from the immediate centre. This page's Moon and darkness figures tell you the other half of the story.
- When can I see the Milky Way from Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine?
- The core reaches about 15.6° altitude, so target the moonless nights listed in the best-nights section and get away from the city core.
- How dark does it actually get in Nizhnegorskiy, Crimea, Ukraine tonight?
- About 5.9 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.
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