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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia?
Waxing Crescent moon at 1%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.5. Calculated for -14.85°, -66.75° (America/La_Paz).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.5 in Virgo
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📍 San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia — Friday, August 14
Tonight's sky above San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia
Skywatchers in San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia have the same live tools professional observers use — a real ephemeris, live Kp readings from NOAA SWPC, and hourly cloud forecasts — condensed into one report on this page.
Above San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia tonight (-14.85°, -66.75°), expect a waxing crescent moon at 1% illumination. The night gives 10.0 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 14.9°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia.
Local sky character in San Borja
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 195 m elevation
- The south celestial pole stands 14.9° above the horizon, so stars within 15° of it never set from here.
- About 62.8% 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 75.9° up, passing almost directly overhead.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 35.2° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 195 m elevation, roughly 2% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
San Borja 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 San Borja
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-27 — Full Moon
A 99%-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.
- 2026-09-11 — 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 San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia.
San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia?
- Tonight from San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia expect a waxing crescent Moon at 1% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars. The night offers about 10.0 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Can I see both northern and southern constellations from San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia?
- Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 14.9° S, about 62.8% of the entire celestial sphere rises at some point in the year, so Polaris-side constellations and the Southern Cross region are both reachable across the seasons.
- How good is the Milky Way from San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia?
- The Galactic Centre culminates around 75.9° above the horizon from here, which is nearly overhead — the densest part of the Milky Way passes through the zenith region, the best geometry available anywhere on Earth. Local cloud and humidity, not geometry, are usually the limiting factor at tropical latitudes.
- Are there seasons for stargazing in San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia?
- Night length barely changes at this latitude — twilight is short and the Sun sets steeply, so darkness arrives quickly all year. What changes is which part of the sky is on view after sunset, and, in monsoon-affected regions, how often the sky is clear at all.
- How dark does it actually get in San Borja, Beni Department, Bolivia tonight?
- About 10.0 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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