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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 53.96°, 18.53° (Europe/Warsaw).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland tonight (53.96°, 18.53°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 3.5 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 54.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 4.3 or higher — to reach Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland.
Local sky character in Starogard Gdanski
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 90 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 54° above the horizon, so stars within 54° of it never set from here.
- About 90.4% 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 7° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 90 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Starogard Gdanski 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 Starogard Gdanski
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 Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland. 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.
Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland?
- Tonight from Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland 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 3.5 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland?
- Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland 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 Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland?
- The core reaches about 7° 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 Starogard Gdanski, Pomerania, Poland tonight?
- About 3.5 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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