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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in North Dakota?

Waxing Gibbous moon at 89%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 47.53°, -99.78°.

Moon
Waxing Gibbous
89% lit
Sunset
2:20 AM
Dusk 4:45 AM
Dark hours
4.0 h
Dawn 8:46 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 6.4+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 North DakotaSunday, July 26

Stargazing
🌙 MoonWaxing Gibbous • 89% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activitySouthern Delta Aquariids in 4 days
🌌 Milky WayMuted by moonlight tonight
🛰️ ISSLoading…
🌈 Aurora
☁️ Cloud cover
🌡️ Temperature

Tonight's sky above North Dakota

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

Above North Dakota tonight (47.53°, -99.78°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 89% illumination. The night gives 4.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 47.5°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 6.4 or higher — to reach North Dakota.

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