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Worth a look
Clinton Township night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:48 PM–6:45 AM EDT
- Clouds
- 4%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.3need Kp 5
- Space station
- 6:41 AM77° high · SW→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
- Space station passes at 6:41 AM, up to 77° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 4% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 12 min ago. Times in America/Detroit (EDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
5:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 51.8° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (EDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:38 AM | 77° | SW → NE |
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:51 AM | 65° | SW → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.
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Clinton Township, Michigan, United States · 42.59°, -82.92° · population 99,753 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.