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Aurora australis glowing green and red above calm southern water
Tonight in Cochabamba, Bolivia · More in Bolivia →
13 OUT OF 100

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Cochabamba night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 19:13–5:06 GMT-4
Clouds
14%average tonight
Moon
34%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.3need Kp 9+
Space station
Noneno visible pass tonight
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. 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 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 50% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 14% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/La Paz (GMT-4).

Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0

Clouds tonight
3:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 11.3° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
34% 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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Cochabamba, Bolivia · -17.38°, -66.16° · population 841,276 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.