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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 36.42°, 128.16° (Asia/Seoul).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
7:20 PM
Dusk 8:56 PM
Dark hours
7.2 h
Dawn 4:08 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 9+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea Thursday, August 13

Stargazing
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
🛰️ ISSLoading…
🌈 Aurora
☁️ Cloud cover
🌡️ Temperature

Tonight's sky above Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea tonight (36.42°, 128.16°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.2 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 36.4°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.

Local sky character in Sangju

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 61 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 36.4° above the horizon, so stars within 36° of it never set from here.
  • About 79.7% 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 24.6° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 61 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
36.4°
Sky reachable
79.7%
Milky Way core
24.6° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 9+

Sangju is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.

Astronomy near Sangju

Real great-circle distances from Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.

  • Yeongyang Firefly Dark Sky Park dark-sky place, 88 km away, 300 m

Best nights this month in Sangju

Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.

  • 2026-08-13Darkest 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 Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.

  • 2026-08-28Full 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.

Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea?
Tonight from Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South 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 7.2 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea?
Yeongyang Firefly Dark Sky Park lies about 88 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea's coordinates.
When is the best time to stargaze near Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea?
Combine two things this page computes: the astronomical darkness window (dusk to dawn), and the Moon. Nights within a few days of New Moon inside that window are the ones worth travelling for; the "best nights" section lists the next ones.
How dark does it actually get in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea tonight?
About 7.2 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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