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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary?

New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 47.18°, 20.42° (Europe/Budapest).

Moon
New Moon
0% lit
Sunset
7:53 PM
Dusk 9:56 PM
Dark hours
5.6 h
Dawn 3:29 AM
Aurora
Needs Kp 6.6+
Belt 58°

Visible planets tonight

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo

🔭 Tonight's Sky Report

📍 Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary — Wednesday, August 12

⭐ Stargazing—
🌙 MoonNew Moon • 0% Illumination
🪐 Visible planetsMars, Saturn
🌠 Meteor activityDraconids in 57 days
🌌 Milky WayVisible after dark, low moonlight
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Tonight's sky above Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary

Above Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.

Above Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary tonight (47.18°, 20.42°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 5.6 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 47.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 6.6 or higher — to reach Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary.

Local sky character in Torokszentmiklos

Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 82 m elevation

  • The north celestial pole stands 47.2° above the horizon, so stars within 47° of it never set from here.
  • About 86.7% 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 13.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
  • At 82 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Pole altitude
47.2°
Sky reachable
86.7%
Milky Way core
13.8° max
Aurora borealis
Kp 6.6+

Torokszentmiklos is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.

Astronomy near Torokszentmiklos

Real great-circle distances from Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary.

  • Hortobágy Starry Sky Park — dark-sky place, 56 km away, 90 m
  • Konkoly Observatory (Piszkéstető) — observatory, 91 km away, 935 m

Best nights this month in Torokszentmiklos

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 Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary.

  • 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour

    Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. 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.

Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary stargazing questions

What can I see in the sky tonight from Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary?
Tonight from Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary 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 5.6 hours of true astronomical darkness.
Where is the nearest dark-sky site to Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary?
Hortobágy Starry Sky Park lies about 56 km away; Konkoly Observatory (Piszkéstető) lies about 91 km away. Distances are real great-circle distances from Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary's coordinates.
When is the best time to stargaze near Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary?
Combine two things this page computes: the astronomical darkness window (dusk to dawn), and the Moon. Nights within a few days of New Moon inside that window are the ones worth travelling for; the "best nights" section lists the next ones.
How dark does it actually get in Torokszentmiklos, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary tonight?
About 5.6 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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