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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 Bowling Green, Kentucky · More in United States →
56 OUT OF 100

Worth a look

Bowling Green night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:03 PM–5:58 AM CDT
Clouds
3%average tonight
Moon
35%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 7
Space station
5:40 AM42° high · W→NE
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
  • Space station passes at 5:40 AM, up to 42° high, moving W → NE. 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 3% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 12 min ago. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
4:00 AMclouds, % of sky6:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 46.7° 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 (CDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:37 AM42°W → NE
Sun, Oct 18, 4:49 AM74°SW → 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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Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States · 36.99°, -86.44° · population 63,616 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.