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Bunda night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:19–5:39 EAT
Clouds
51%average tonight
Moon
41%First Quarter
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
Space station
Noneno visible pass tonight
  • 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.
  • No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
  • Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 48% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 51% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 11 min ago. Times in Africa/Dar es Salaam (EAT).

Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 12.3° S, 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 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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Bunda, Tanzania · -2.02°, 33.87° · population 182,970 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.