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Aihui night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 17:45–4:45 GMT+8
- Clouds
- 55%average tonight
- Moon
- 38%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 8
- Space station
- 3:5920° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 3:59, up to 20° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 55% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
15:00clouds, % of sky5:00
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 45.2° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+8) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 3:56 | 20° | S → E |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.
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Aihui, China · 49.98°, 127.48° · population 192,764 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.