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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 55.30°, 29.61° (Europe/Minsk).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus tonight (55.30°, 29.61°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 2.8 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 55.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 3.8 or higher — to reach Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus.
Local sky character in Shumilino
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 146 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 55.3° above the horizon, so stars within 55° of it never set from here.
- About 91.1% 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 5.7° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 146 m elevation, roughly 2% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Shumilino 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 Shumilino
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-12 — 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 Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.
- 2026-08-27 — 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.
Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus?
- Tonight from Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus 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 2.8 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- How likely are the northern lights in Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus?
- Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus sits at 55.3° N, inside the latitude range the auroral oval reaches on ordinary active nights — the oval sits near 58° geomagnetic latitude at Kp 3. A stronger disturbance — around Kp 3.8 — is still needed for the display to reach overhead.
- What time of night is best for aurora watching in Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus?
- Auroral substorms cluster around local magnetic midnight, so the hours either side of midnight are statistically strongest. You also need real darkness: this page's dusk and dawn times mark the usable window, and the window is longest around the winter months.
- Do I need to leave Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus to see the aurora?
- Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus is small enough that local sky glow is not the limiting factor; a clear view toward the northern horizon and clear weather matter more.
- How dark does it actually get in Shumilino, Vitebsk, Belarus tonight?
- About 2.8 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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