Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Bou Saâda, Algeria · More in Algeria →
35 OUT OF 100

MaybeBou Saâda night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:00–5:56 CET

  • 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 4:40, up to 85° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 38% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in Africa/Algiers (CET).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 26.5° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
41% lit
First Quarter. Up for 36% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (CET)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:3785°SW → 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.

Free alerts

Get a heads-up when it's worth going out

One email when your sky is genuinely worth it: an aurora within reach, a launch you can see, a clear peak night. Nothing on ordinary nights. We'll confirm your address first, and you can unsubscribe in one click.

Nearby

Bou Saâda, Algeria · 35.21°, 4.17° · population 111,787 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.