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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 89%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for -25.74°, 28.19° (Africa/Johannesburg).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Above Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 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 Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa tonight (-25.74°, 28.19°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 89% illumination. The night gives 10.5 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 25.7°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Sky tonight in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa13 km
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- Sky tonight in Thembisa, Gauteng, South Africa28 km
- Sky tonight in Soshanguve, Gauteng, South Africa32 km
- Sky tonight in Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa41 km
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