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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 42.57°, -1.28° (Europe/Madrid).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
9:09 PM
Dusk 10:58 PM
Dark hours
6.4 h
Dawn 5:22 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 8.1+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

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

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain Wednesday, August 12

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

Tonight's sky above Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain

Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.

Above Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain tonight (42.57°, -1.28°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.4 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 42.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.1 or higher — to reach Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain.

Local sky character in Sangueesa/Zangoza

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 405 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 42.6° above the horizon, so stars within 43° of it never set from here.
  • About 83.8% 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 18.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 405 m elevation, roughly 5% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
42.6°
Sky reachable
83.8%
Milky Way core
18.4° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 8.1+

Sangueesa/Zangoza is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.

Astronomy near Sangueesa/Zangoza

Real great-circle distances from Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain.

  • Pic du Midi Dark Sky Reserve dark-sky place, 122 km away, 2000 m
  • Pic du Midi Observatory observatory, 123 km away, 2877 m

Best nights this month in Sangueesa/Zangoza

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

  • 2026-08-12Darkest 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 Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain.

  • 2026-08-12Perseids peak — up to 100/hour

    Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.

  • 2026-08-27Full 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.

Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain?
Tonight from Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain 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 6.4 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain?
Pic du Midi Dark Sky Reserve lies about 122 km away; Pic du Midi Observatory lies about 123 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain's coordinates.
When is the best time to stargaze near Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain?
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 Sangueesa/Zangoza, Navarre, Spain tonight?
About 6.4 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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