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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Queenstown, New Zealand?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 88%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for -45.03°, 168.66° (Pacific/Auckland).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Queenstown, New Zealand — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Queenstown, New Zealand
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Queenstown, New Zealand comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Queenstown, New Zealand tonight (-45.03°, 168.66°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 88% illumination. The night gives 11.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 45.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 7.3 or higher — to reach Queenstown, New Zealand.
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