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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 50.47°, 3.23° (Europe/Paris).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
9:10 PM
Dusk 11:29 PM
Dark hours
4.8 h
Dawn 4:14 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

📍 Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France — Thursday, August 13

⭐ Stargazing—
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
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🌈 Aurora—
☁️ Cloud cover—
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Tonight's sky above Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France

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

Above Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France tonight (50.47°, 3.23°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 4.8 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 50.5°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 5.4 or higher — to reach Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France.

Local sky character in Orchies

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 38 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 50.5° 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 10.5° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 38 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
50.5°
Sky reachable
88.6%
Milky Way core
10.5° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 5.4+

Orchies 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 Orchies

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 Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France.

  • 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.

Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France?
Tonight from Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France 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 4.8 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Is light pollution a problem in Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France?
Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France 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 Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France?
The core reaches about 10.5° 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 Orchies, Hauts-de-France, France tonight?
About 4.8 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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