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Tonight in Constantine, Algeria · More in Algeria →
20 OUT OF 100

Stay inConstantine night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:50–5:47 CET

  • 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.
  • Space station passes at 4:41, up to 78° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 66% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 29 min ago. Times in Africa/Algiers (CET).

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 28.4° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
41% lit
First Quarter. Up for 36% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (CET)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:3778°SW → NE

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.

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Constantine, Algeria · 36.37°, 6.61° · population 448,028 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.