Hortobágy stargazing forecast — Saturday, August 15

Great Plain, Hungary · Bortle 3 · 47.600, 21.150 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:09 GMT

Excellent (High confidence)

10h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 0%.

Best observing window tonight

Sat 10:00 p.m. – Sun 7:00 a.m. (10h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night: Sat 9:48 p.m. → Sun 7:32 a.m.
Moon: Waxing crescent · 7% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night): 0% (min 0%)

Site

Hortobágy is Europe's largest continuous grassland — an alkaline puszta stretching to the horizon. The Starry Sky Park protects one of Central Europe's darkest low-altitude skies.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 2 h from Budapest, or 45 min from Debrecen airport.

Best time of year: Spring through autumn; winter is bitterly cold and often foggy.

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Citations & data sources

Open-Meteo Forecast API (cloud, humidity, wind, visibility)
Open-Meteo astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon)
Bortle scale reference for site darkness
Editorial guide for Hortobágy: /sites/hortobagy-starry-sky-park.txt
Structured site data: /sites/hortobagy-starry-sky-park.json
Live MCP server (AI agents): https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=hortobagy-starry-sky-park updates continuously.