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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 58.05°, 63.70° (Asia/Yekaterinburg).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia tonight (58.05°, 63.70°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. At 58.0°, aurora is possible from here whenever Kp climbs above quiet baseline.
Local sky character in Turinsk
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 100 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 58° above the horizon, so stars within 58° of it never set from here.
- About 92.4% 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 3° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 100 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Turinsk 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 Turinsk
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 Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. 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.
Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia?
- Tonight from Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia expect a new moon Moon at 0% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars. At this latitude the Sun may not drop 18° below the horizon tonight, so full astronomical darkness is not reached.
- How likely are the northern lights in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia?
- Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia sits at 58.0° N, inside the latitude range the auroral oval reaches on ordinary active nights — the oval sits near 58° geomagnetic latitude at Kp 3. That means aurora is a realistic prospect here whenever geomagnetic activity lifts above the quiet baseline, not only during major storms.
- What time of night is best for aurora watching in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia?
- Auroral substorms cluster around local magnetic midnight, so the hours either side of midnight are statistically strongest. You also need real darkness: this page's dusk and dawn times mark the usable window, and the window is longest around the winter months.
- Do I need to leave Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia to see the aurora?
- Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia is small enough that local sky glow is not the limiting factor; a clear view toward the northern horizon and clear weather matter more.
- How dark does it actually get in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia tonight?
- Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia is far enough from the equator that at this time of year the Sun stays above −18°, so astronomical darkness is not reached tonight — a normal feature of high-latitude summers, not a data error.
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Real great-circle distance from Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
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