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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 38.99°, 125.98° (Asia/Pyongyang).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea
Skywatchers in Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea 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 Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea tonight (38.99°, 125.98°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 6.9 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 39.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea.
Local sky character in Sungho 1-tong
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 38 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 39° above the horizon, so stars within 39° of it never set from here.
- About 81.5% 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 22° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 38 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Sungho 1-tong 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 Sungho 1-tong
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 Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea. 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.
Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea?
- Tonight from Sungho 1-tong, 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 Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea?
- Sungho 1-tong, 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 Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea?
- The core reaches about 22° 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 Sungho 1-tong, 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.
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Real great-circle distance from Sungho 1-tong, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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