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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 43.23°, 21.59° (Europe/Belgrade).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
7:39 PM
Dusk 9:30 PM
Dark hours
6.3 h
Dawn 3:47 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 7.9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia 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 Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia

Above Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia 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 Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia tonight (43.23°, 21.59°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 43.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 7.9 or higher — to reach Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia.

Local sky character in Prokuplje

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 259 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 43.2° above the horizon, so stars within 43° of it never set from here.
  • About 84.2% 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 17.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 259 m elevation, roughly 3% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
43.2°
Sky reachable
84.2%
Milky Way core
17.8° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 7.9+

Prokuplje 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 Prokuplje

Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.

  • 2026-08-13Darkest 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 Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia.

  • 2026-08-28Full 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.

Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia?
Tonight from Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia 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 6.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Is light pollution a problem in Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia?
Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia 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 Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia?
The core reaches about 17.8° 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 Prokuplje, Central Serbia, Serbia tonight?
About 6.3 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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