Oracle SP stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Santa Catalinas, AZ · Bortle 3 · 32.617, -110.733 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:07 GMT

Excellent (High confidence)

10h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 1%.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 1:00 p.m. – Fri 10:00 p.m. (10h, 1% mean cloud)

Astronomical night: Fri 12:08 p.m. → Fri 10:46 p.m.
Moon: New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night): 1% (min 0%)

Site

Oracle is a quiet former ranch-turned-wildlife-refuge in the northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains, and it earned its International Dark Sky Park designation in 2014. It's a low-key alternative to Tucson's bigger observing sites, close enough to reach on a weeknight.

Drive from Toronto: Fly into Tucson, then drive about 45 minutes northeast to the park near Oracle, AZ.

Best time of year: New-moon nights year-round; the park runs scheduled night-sky viewing sessions.

Open the live 48-hour forecast →

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 Oracle SP: /sites/oracle-sp.txt
Structured site data: /sites/oracle-sp.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=oracle-sp updates continuously.