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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sitia, Crete, Greece?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 35.21°, 26.10° (Europe/Athens).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Sitia, Crete, Greece — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Sitia, Crete, Greece
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Sitia, Crete, Greece comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Sitia, Crete, Greece tonight (35.21°, 26.10°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 35.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Sitia, Crete, Greece.
Local sky character in Sitia
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 17 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 35.2° above the horizon, so stars within 35° of it never set from here.
- About 78.8% 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 25.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 17 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Sitia is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Sitia
Real great-circle distances from Sitia, Crete, Greece.
- Skinakas Observatory — observatory, 110 km away, 1750 m
Best nights this month in Sitia
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 Sitia, Crete, Greece.
- 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.
Sitia, Crete, Greece stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Sitia, Crete, Greece?
- Tonight from Sitia, Crete, Greece 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 7.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Sitia, Crete, Greece's elevation help stargazing?
- At 17 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Skinakas Observatory sits about 110 km from Sitia, Crete, Greece at 1750 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Sitia, Crete, Greece?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 25.8° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Sitia, Crete, Greece tonight?
- About 7.3 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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