SKY · MILKY WAY · BRAZIL

Can You See the Milky Way from Brasília?

Good news for Brasília: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 38° above the south-western horizon in a dark sky. With dark skies and no Moon, the bright heart of the Milky Way is on show.

GALACTIC CORE TONIGHT · BRASÍLIA
VerdictExcellent — core rides high
Core height38° up
Look towardsouth-western sky
Best by3:56 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 7%

Core altitude computed for Brasília (-15.8°, -47.9°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Brasília

Core season hereRoughly April to September, best around June.
Dark by6:41 PM
Until6:41 AM

The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

The Milky Way is faint and easily lost to light pollution and moonlight. Even when the core is high, you need a genuinely dark sky — well away from city lights — and ideally a night near the new Moon to see it well from Brasília.

Brasília right now

A dark, cloudless sky is everything for the Milky Way — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Brasíliatells you whether it's worth the trip out of town.

More sky over Brasília

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