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MaybeBrentwood night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 7:23 PM–6:21 AM PDT
- Clouds
- 0%average tonight
- Moon
- 45%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.3need Kp 9
- Space station
- 6:01 AM30° high · W→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 6:01 AM, up to 30° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 45% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 41% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in America/Los Angeles (PDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
9:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.6° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
45% lit
First Quarter. Up for 41% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (PDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:58 AM | 30° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (PDT) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 | Tue, Oct 20, 3:14 PM | 236 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 | Fri, Oct 23, 10:29 PM | 236 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E | Wed, Dec 30, 4:00 PM | 236 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A | Wed, Dec 30, 4:00 PM | 236 mi |
Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Brentwood, California, United States · 37.93°, -121.70° · population 58,968 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.