Tonight in Aktau, Kazakhstan · More in Kazakhstan →
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Aktau night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:51–6:50 GMT+5
- Clouds
- 33%average tonight
- Moon
- 40%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
- Space station
- 5:3629° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 5:36, up to 29° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 33% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Asia/Aqtau (GMT+5).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 40.5° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+5) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:33 | 29° | S → E |
| Sun, Oct 18, 7:09 | 45° | W → NE |
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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Aktau, Kazakhstan · 43.66°, 51.17° · population 147,443 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.