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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 39.20°, 125.69° (Asia/Pyongyang).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea
Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea's sky tonight is a real, computable state — every value on this page comes from live NOAA space weather data, live orbital elements for the ISS, and astronomy-engine's ephemeris for the Sun, Moon, and planets.
Above Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea tonight (39.20°, 125.69°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 39.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea.
Local sky character in Sunan
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 37 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 39.2° above the horizon, so stars within 39° of it never set from here.
- About 81.6% 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 21.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 37 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Sunan 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 Sunan
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 Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea.
- 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.
Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea?
- Tonight from Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea 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 6.9 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea?
- Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea 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 Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea?
- The core reaches about 21.8° 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 Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea tonight?
- About 6.9 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.
Nearby cities
Real great-circle distance from Sunan, Pyongyang, North Korea.
- Sky tonight in P'yongsong, South Pyongan, North Korea16 km
- Sky tonight in Pyongyang, Pyongyang, North Korea20 km
- Sky tonight in Pyongyang, Pyongyang, North Korea20 km
- Sky tonight in Man'gyongdae-ri, Pyongyang, North Korea24 km
- Sky tonight in Man'gyongdae-ri, Pyongyang, North Korea24 km
- Sky tonight in Ch'osal-li, South Pyongan, North Korea27 km
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Sky tonight across North Korea
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- Sky tonight in Sunch'on, South Pyongan33 km
- Sky tonight in Sunch'on, South Pyongan33 km
- Sky tonight in Chunghwa, Pyongyang39 km
- Sky tonight in Ryonggang-up, Nampo45 km
- Sky tonight in Anju, South Pyongan46 km
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