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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
Waxing Crescent moon at 2%, Saturn shines at magnitude 0.2. Calculated for -6.76°, -38.23° (America/Fortaleza).
Visible planets tonight
Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury — brightest: Saturn at mag 0.2 in Cetus
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil — Sunday, October 11
Space weather observed: 7:50 PM UTC
Tonight's sky above Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Local sky character in Sousa
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 229 m elevation
- The south celestial pole stands 6.8° above the horizon, so stars within 7° of it never set from here.
- About 55.9% 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 67.8° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 27.1° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 229 m elevation, roughly 3% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Sousa is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
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Best nights this month in Sousa
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-10-21 — Orionids peak — up to 20/hour
Radiant in Orion. Visible from both hemispheres. The Moon is 72% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is moderate.
- 2026-10-25 — 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.
- 2026-11-08 — 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 Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Tonight from Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil expect a waxing crescent Moon at 2% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury. The night offers about 9.4 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- What planets are visible tonight in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Tonight in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury are visible to the naked eye after dark, based on this location's real ephemeris for tonight.
- When does darkness start tonight in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Astronomical darkness begins at 6:36 PM local time in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil tonight, the moment the Sun drops more than 18° below the horizon and the sky becomes fully dark for faint-object observing.
- Can you see the aurora tonight in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil is far enough from the pole that aurora only reaches overhead during a major geomagnetic storm — specifically when the planetary Kp index reaches about 9, a level reached only a handful of times per solar cycle.
- What is the stargazing light pollution level in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil is a small city — typically Bortle class 4–5 (rural/suburban transition), where the Milky Way core can be glimpsed on clear, moonless nights. These are typical ranges for this population size, not a measured reading for this exact spot — use tonight's Moon phase and the best-nights list above to time a visit away from direct lighting.
- Can I see both northern and southern constellations from Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Yes — this is the real advantage of an equatorial location. At 6.8° S, about 55.9% of the entire celestial sphere rises at some point in the year, so Polaris-side constellations and the Southern Cross region are both reachable across the seasons.
- How good is the Milky Way from Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- The Galactic Centre culminates around 67.8° above the horizon from here, high enough to clear most horizon haze. Local cloud and humidity, not geometry, are usually the limiting factor at tropical latitudes.
- Are there seasons for stargazing in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil?
- Night length barely changes at this latitude — twilight is short and the Sun sets steeply, so darkness arrives quickly all year. What changes is which part of the sky is on view after sunset, and, in monsoon-affected regions, how often the sky is clear at all.
- How dark does it actually get in Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil tonight?
- About 9.4 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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This page goes beyond ordinary astronomy weather -- it combines real local weather for astronomy, live space weather, and the space weather aurora connection into one live report for Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil.
What are tonight's astronomy viewing conditions for Sousa?
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