Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan · More in Kazakhstan →
3 OUT OF 100

Stay inEkibastuz night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:14–5:14 GMT+5

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
  • Space station passes at 4:04, up to 12° high, moving S → SE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 22% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 89% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Almaty (GMT+5).

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 48.9° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 22% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+5)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:0312°S → SE
Sun, Oct 18, 5:3743°SW → 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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Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan · 51.72°, 75.32° · population 121,470 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.