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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 9.74°, -75.53° (America/Bogota).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia
Skywatchers in San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia 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 Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia tonight (9.74°, -75.53°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 9.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 9.7°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia.
Local sky character in San Onofre
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 37 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 9.7° above the horizon, so stars within 10° of it never set from here.
- About 58.5% 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 51.3° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 10.6° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 37 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
San Onofre 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 Onofre
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 San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia.
- 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.
San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia?
- Tonight from San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia 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 9.1 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Can I see both northern and southern constellations from San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia?
- Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 9.7° N, about 58.5% 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 Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia?
- The Galactic Centre culminates around 51.3° above the horizon from here, high enough to clear most horizon haze. Local cloud and humidity, not geometry, are usually the limiting factor at tropical latitudes.
- Are there seasons for stargazing in San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia?
- 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 Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia tonight?
- About 9.1 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 San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia.
- Sky tonight in Santiago de Tolu, Sucre Department, Colombia24 km
- Sky tonight in Tolu Viejo, Sucre Department, Colombia33 km
- Sky tonight in Maria la Baja, Bolívar, Colombia37 km
- Sky tonight in Ovejas, Sucre Department, Colombia40 km
- Sky tonight in El Carmen de Bolivar, Bolívar, Colombia45 km
- Sky tonight in Palmito, Sucre Department, Colombia45 km
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