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Can You See the Milky Way from Lisbon?

Good news for Lisbon: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 21° above the southern horizon in a dark sky. With dark skies and no Moon, the bright heart of the Milky Way is on show.

GALACTIC CORE TONIGHT · LISBON
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height21° up
Look towardsouthern sky
Best by12:30 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 23%

Core altitude computed for Lisbon (38.7°, -9.1°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Lisbon

Core season hereRoughly May to July, best around June.
Dark by10:20 PM
Until6:15 AM

A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.

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 Lisbon.

Lisbon right now

SKY · TONIGHTEverything up over Lisbon tonightEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over LisbonSKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over Lisbon

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

More sky over Lisbon

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SEE IT ON THE MAP

The live sky map shows the day/night line over Lisbon in real time.

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