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Coventry night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:21–6:22 BST
- Clouds
- 26%average tonight
- Moon
- 42%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 7
- Space station
- 6:1829° high · SW→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
- Space station passes at 6:18, up to 29° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 42% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 26% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 26% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Europe/London (BST).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 48.8° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
42% lit
First Quarter. Up for 26% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (BST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 6:15 | 29° | SW → E |
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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Coventry, United Kingdom · 52.41°, -1.51° · population 345,324 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.