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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 32.94°, 119.83° (Asia/Shanghai).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Xinghua, Jiangsu, China — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Xinghua, Jiangsu, China comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Xinghua, Jiangsu, China tonight (32.94°, 119.83°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.6 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 32.9°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Xinghua, Jiangsu, China.
Local sky character in Xinghua
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 8 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 32.9° above the horizon, so stars within 33° of it never set from here.
- About 77.2% 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 28.1° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 8 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Xinghua is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Astronomy near Xinghua
Real great-circle distances from Xinghua, Jiangsu, China.
- Purple Mountain Observatory — observatory, 136 km away, 267 m
Best nights this month in Xinghua
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 Xinghua, Jiangsu, China.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Xinghua, Jiangsu, China. 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.
Xinghua, Jiangsu, China stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Xinghua, Jiangsu, China?
- Tonight from Xinghua, Jiangsu, China 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 7.6 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Xinghua, Jiangsu, China's elevation help stargazing?
- At 8 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Purple Mountain Observatory sits about 136 km from Xinghua, Jiangsu, China at 267 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Xinghua, Jiangsu, China?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 28.1° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China tonight?
- About 7.6 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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