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Darmstadt night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:40–6:41 CEST
- Clouds
- 47%average tonight
- Moon
- 41%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:4319° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:43, up to 19° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 26% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 47% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Europe/Berlin (CEST).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 45.7° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
41% 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 (CEST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:41 | 19° | S → E |
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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Darmstadt, Germany · 49.87°, 8.65° · population 167,029 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.