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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 50.20°, -66.38° (America/Toronto).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada
Skywatchers in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada 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 Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada tonight (50.20°, -66.38°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 4.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 50.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 5.5 or higher — to reach Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada.
Local sky character in Sept-Iles
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 5 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 50.2° above the horizon, so stars within 50° of it never set from here.
- About 88.4% 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 10.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 5 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Sept-Iles 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 Sept-Iles
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 Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada.
- 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.
Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada?
- Tonight from Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada 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 4.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada?
- Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada 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 Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada?
- The core reaches about 10.8° 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 Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada tonight?
- About 4.7 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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