Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Duluth, Minnesota · More in United States →
50 OUT OF 100

Worth a lookDuluth night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:25 PM–6:23 AM CDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 4.
  • Space station passes at 5:41 AM, up to 27° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 7% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 31 min ago. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).

Clouds tonight
9:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 4 needed
Magnetic latitude 55.9° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (CDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:38 AM27°S → 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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Duluth, Minnesota, United States · 46.78°, -92.11° · population 86,110 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.