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Billings night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:30 PM–6:28 AM MDT
- Clouds
- 31%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 5
- Space station
- 6:15 AM53° high · SW→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
- Space station passes at 6:15 AM, up to 53° high, moving SW → 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 23% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 31% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 39 min ago. Times in America/Denver (MDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
3:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 53.5° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% 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 (MDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:11 AM | 53° | SW → E |
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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Billings, Montana, United States · 45.78°, -108.50° · population 117,116 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.