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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Rajin, Rason, North Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 42.26°, 130.28° (Asia/Pyongyang).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Rajin, Rason, North Korea — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Rajin, Rason, North Korea
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Rajin, Rason, North Korea comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Rajin, Rason, North Korea tonight (42.26°, 130.28°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.4 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 42.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.2 or higher — to reach Rajin, Rason, North Korea.
Local sky character in Rajin
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 16 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 42.3° above the horizon, so stars within 42° of it never set from here.
- About 83.6% 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 18.7° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 16 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Rajin is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Best nights this month in Rajin
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 Rajin, Rason, North Korea.
- 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.
Rajin, Rason, North Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Rajin, Rason, North Korea?
- Tonight from Rajin, Rason, North Korea 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 6.4 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Rajin, Rason, North Korea?
- Rajin, Rason, North Korea 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 Rajin, Rason, North Korea?
- The core reaches about 18.7° 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 Rajin, Rason, North Korea tonight?
- About 6.4 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.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Rajin, Rason, North Korea.
- Sky tonight in Sonbong, Rason, North Korea13 km
- Sky tonight in Satan, North Hamgyong, North Korea28 km
- Sky tonight in Aoji-ri, North Hamgyong, North Korea31 km
- Sky tonight in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, North Korea49 km
- Sky tonight in Puryong-up, North Hamgyong, North Korea52 km
- Sky tonight in Songnae-ri, North Hamgyong, North Korea63 km
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Sky tonight across North Korea
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- Sky tonight in Kyongsong, North Hamgyong93 km
- Sky tonight in Hoemul-li, North Hamgyong105 km
- Sky tonight in Yonsa-up, North Hamgyong112 km
- Sky tonight in Hau-ri, North Hamgyong135 km
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