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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Saba, Colón Department, Honduras?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 15.47°, -86.25° (America/Tegucigalpa).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Saba, Colón Department, Honduras — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Saba, Colón Department, Honduras
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Saba, Colón Department, Honduras comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Saba, Colón Department, Honduras tonight (15.47°, -86.25°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.8 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 15.5°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Saba, Colón Department, Honduras.
Local sky character in Saba
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 390 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 15.5° above the horizon, so stars within 16° of it never set from here.
- About 63.3% 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 45.5° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 4.8° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 390 m elevation, roughly 4% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Saba 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 Saba
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 Saba, Colón Department, Honduras.
- 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.
Saba, Colón Department, Honduras stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Saba, Colón Department, Honduras?
- Tonight from Saba, Colón Department, Honduras 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 8.8 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Saba, Colón Department, Honduras?
- Saba, Colón Department, Honduras 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 Saba, Colón Department, Honduras?
- The core reaches about 45.5° 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 Saba, Colón Department, Honduras tonight?
- About 8.8 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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