Westhavelland stargazing forecast — Saturday, August 15

Best observing window tonight

No clear window of 2+ hours during tonight's astronomical night.

Astronomical night

Sat 10:37 p.m. → Sun 7:54 a.m.

Moon

Waxing crescent · 7% illuminated

Mean cloud (during night)

100%   (min 100%)

Site

Westhavelland is Germany's first International Dark Sky Reserve — flat riverland just 70 km west of Berlin. It's the closest Bortle 3 sky to a major German city.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 1 h from Berlin via the A10 and B5 to Gülpe.

Best time of year: August–April around new moon; mid-summer nights are short at 52° N.

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 Westhavelland: /sites/westhavelland-dsr.txt
• Structured site data: /sites/westhavelland-dsr.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=westhavelland-dsr updates continuously.