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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Spitak, Lori, Armenia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 40.83°, 44.27° (Asia/Yerevan).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Spitak, Lori, Armenia — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Spitak, Lori, Armenia
Skywatchers in Spitak, Lori, Armenia 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 Spitak, Lori, Armenia tonight (40.83°, 44.27°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.6 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 40.8°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 8.7 or higher — to reach Spitak, Lori, Armenia.
Local sky character in Spitak
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 1514 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 40.8° above the horizon, so stars within 41° of it never set from here.
- About 82.7% 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 20.2° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 1514 m elevation, roughly 16% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Spitak is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Spitak
Real great-circle distances from Spitak, Lori, Armenia.
- Byurakan Observatory — observatory, 55 km away, 1405 m
Best nights this month in Spitak
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 Spitak, Lori, Armenia.
- 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.
Spitak, Lori, Armenia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Spitak, Lori, Armenia?
- Tonight from Spitak, Lori, Armenia 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 6.6 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Spitak, Lori, Armenia's elevation help stargazing?
- At 1514 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Byurakan Observatory sits about 55 km from Spitak, Lori, Armenia at 1405 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Spitak, Lori, Armenia?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 20.2° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Spitak, Lori, Armenia tonight?
- About 6.6 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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