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Aurora australis glowing green and red above calm southern water
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Callao night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:52–4:55 GMT-5
Clouds
48%average tonight
Moon
44%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 44% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 52% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 48% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in America/Lima (GMT-5).

Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky5:00
Aurora australis 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 2.7. Live map →
Moon
44% lit
First Quarter. Up for 52% 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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Callao, Peru · -12.05°, -77.13° · population 1,226,200 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.