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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Nouakchott, Mauritania?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 89%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 18.09°, -15.98° (Africa/Nouakchott).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Nouakchott, Mauritania — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Nouakchott, Mauritania
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Nouakchott, Mauritania comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Nouakchott, Mauritania tonight (18.09°, -15.98°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 89% illumination. The night gives 8.4 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 18.1°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Nouakchott, Mauritania.
- Sky tonight in Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal236 km
- Sky tonight in Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania336 km
- Sky tonight in Touba, Diourbel Region, Senegal359 km
- Sky tonight in Thies, Thies, Senegal380 km
- Sky tonight in Thies Nones, Thies, Senegal382 km
- Sky tonight in Diourbel, Diourbel Region, Senegal383 km
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