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MaybeBirmingham night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 19:24–6:22 BST
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
- Space station passes at 5:30, up to 10° high, moving SE → SE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 33% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 14% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 37 min ago. Times in Europe/London (BST).
Clouds tonight
5:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 48.9° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.7. Live map →
Moon
33% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 14% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
No visible passes in the next day or so. They come in runs of several days, a few times a month.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.
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Birmingham, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · population 1,157,603 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.