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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for -22.02°, -63.68° (America/La_Paz).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia
Above Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia 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 Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia tonight (-22.02°, -63.68°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 10.1 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 22.0°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia.
Local sky character in Yacuiba
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · southern hemisphere · 629 m elevation
- The south celestial pole stands 22° above the horizon, so stars within 22° of it never set from here.
- About 68.7% 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 83° up, passing almost directly overhead.
- The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are circumpolar here — visible on any clear, dark night of the year.
- At 629 m elevation, roughly 7% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Yacuiba is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Best nights this month in Yacuiba
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 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.
- 2026-09-11 — 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 Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia.
Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia?
- Tonight from Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia 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 10.1 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Is light pollution a problem in Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia?
- Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia 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 Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia?
- The core reaches about 83° 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 Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia tonight?
- About 10.1 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 Yacuiba, Tarija Department, Bolivia.
- Sky tonight in Villamontes, Tarija Department, Bolivia87 km
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- Sky tonight in Villazon, Potosí Department, Bolivia198 km
- Sky tonight in La Quiaca, Jujuy, Argentina198 km
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