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Aurora australis glowing green and red above calm southern water
Tonight in Central Coast, Australia · More in Australia →
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Central Coast night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 8:04 PM–5:14 AM AEDT
Clouds
40%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 58% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 40% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 14 min ago. Times in Australia/Sydney (AEDT).

Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0

Clouds tonight
9:00 PMclouds, % of sky6:00 AM
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.2° S. Look south. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 58% 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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Central Coast, Australia · -33.43°, 151.37° · population 346,596 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.