Stargaze Tonight

Stargazing tonight in Buenos Aires

Night of Sunday, July 26, 2026 · GMT-3 · 34.60°S, 58.38°W · Calculated July 26, 2026

Poor Moonlight or twilight covers almost the whole night.

Tonight at a glance

Sunset

18:08

Dark sky starts

19:36

Dark sky ends

06:23 (+1)

Sunrise

07:51 (+1)

Astronomical darkness

10.8 h

Moon-free darkness

None

Illumination

94%

Waxing gibbous

Your dark-sky window

True darkness begins at 19:36, when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and ends at 06:23 (+1) — 10.8 h in total. The moon is 94% illuminated tonight, which leaves None of sky that is both dark and moon-free.

The moon tonight

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Illumination

94%

Moonrise

15:21

Moonset

06:39 (+1)

The next 7 nights in Buenos Aires

Best night this week: Sat, Aug 1 — 1.7 h of moon-free darkness.

DateSunsetDark sky startsAstronomical darknessMoon-free darknessIlluminationRating
Sun, Jul 2618:0819:3610.8 hNone94%Poor
Mon, Jul 2718:0919:3610.8 hNone98%Poor
Tue, Jul 2818:1019:3710.8 hNone100%Poor
Wed, Jul 2918:1019:3710.7 hNone100%Poor
Thu, Jul 3018:1119:3810.7 hNone98%Poor
Fri, Jul 3118:1219:3910.7 h0.7 h94%Poor
Sat, Aug 118:1219:3910.7 h1.7 h88%Poor

See the 30-night forecast for Buenos Aires

What these numbers mean

Sunset is only the start. Faint stars, the Milky Way and meteor showers need astronomical darkness — the sun more than 18° below the horizon. Between sunset and that point the sky is still washed out by twilight. The moon matters just as much: a full moon can wipe out three magnitudes of faint detail even in a cloudless sky, so the number that actually decides your night is how many hours are dark and moon-free at the same time. That is what this page computes for Buenos Aires, from scratch, for the exact date shown.

What this page does not tell you These are astronomical figures only. Cloud cover, haze and local light pollution are not included and can override everything above. The app adds a live cloud forecast on top of these numbers.

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