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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 18.34°, -64.89° (America/St_Thomas).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands tonight (18.34°, -64.89°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 18.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Local sky character in Tutu
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 66 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 18.3° above the horizon, so stars within 18° of it never set from here.
- About 65.7% 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 42.7° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 2° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 66 m elevation, roughly 1% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Tutu 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 Tutu
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 Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- 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.
Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands?
- Tonight from Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands 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 8.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands?
- Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands 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 Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands?
- The core reaches about 42.7° 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 Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands tonight?
- About 8.7 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 Tutu, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Sky tonight in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands5 km
- Sky tonight in Road Town, British Virgin Islands30 km
- Sky tonight in Isabel Segunda, Vieques, Puerto Rico62 km
- Sky tonight in Saint Croix, Saint Croix Island, U.S. Virgin Islands70 km
- Sky tonight in Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico81 km
- Sky tonight in Rio Grande, Río Grande, Puerto Rico100 km
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