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Star trails circling the celestial pole above a volcano, crossed by the straight line of a space station pass
Tonight in Arvada, Colorado · More in United States →
41 OUT OF 100

Maybe

Arvada night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:17 PM–6:14 AM MDT
Clouds
0%average tonight
Moon
35%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 7
Space station
4:38 AM21° high · S→E
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
  • Space station passes at 4:38 AM, up to 21° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/Denver (MDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
12:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 48.2° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (MDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 4:35 AM21°S → E
Sat, Oct 17, 6:11 AM43°W → NE

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.

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Arvada, Colorado, United States · 39.80°, -105.09° · population 115,368 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.