Tonight in Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia · More in Malaysia →
Stay inBukit Mertajam night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:48–6:18 MYT
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 48% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 73% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated just now. Times in Asia/Kuala Lumpur (MYT).
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 7.5° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
39% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 48% 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 1,000 km in the next week or so.
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Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia · 5.36°, 100.47° · population 212,329 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.