Night Sky Alert
Tonight in East Chattanooga, Tennessee · More in United States →
22 OUT OF 100

Stay inEast Chattanooga night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:59 PM–6:53 AM EDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
  • Space station passes at 6:40 AM, up to 29° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 46% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in America/New York (EDT).

Clouds tonight
11:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 44.8° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (EDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 6:37 AM29°W → NE

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

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (EDT)Distance
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)Mon, Oct 19, 6:30 AM526 mi
Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 PM525 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25Sun, Nov 29, 7:00 PM526 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer DWed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM534 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM534 mi

Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.

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East Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States · 35.07°, -85.25° · population 154,024 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.