Tonight in Elista, Russia · More in Russia →
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Elista night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:18–5:18 GMT+3
- Clouds
- 36%average tonight
- Moon
- 40%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9
- Space station
- 5:1272° high · SW→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 5:12, up to 72° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 40% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 26% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 36% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Europe/Moscow (GMT+3).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.1° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% 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 (GMT+3) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 3:34 | 12° | S → E |
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:08 | 72° | SW → NE |
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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Elista, Russia · 46.31°, 44.26° · population 106,971 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.