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Cairns night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 7:04 PM–4:59 AM AEST
- Clouds
- 58%average tonight
- Moon
- 38%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 9+
- Space station
- Noneno visible pass tonight
- 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 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 50% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 58% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Australia/Brisbane (AEST).
Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0
Clouds tonight
5:00 PMclouds, % of sky5:00 AM
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 26.7° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 50% 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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Townsville 283 kmPort Moresby 841 kmMerauke 1,102 kmSunshine Coast 1,319 kmToowoomba 1,343 kmBrisbane 1,390 km
Cairns, Australia · -16.92°, 145.77° · population 153,075 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.