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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Rapid City, SD?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 88%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 44.08°, -103.23°.
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Rapid City, SD — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above Rapid City, SD
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Rapid City, SD comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Rapid City, SD tonight (44.08°, -103.23°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 88% illumination. The night gives 5.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 44.1°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 7.6 or higher — to reach Rapid City, SD.
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