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42 OUT OF 100

MaybeFarmington Hills night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:50 PM–6:47 AM EDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 6:41 AM, up to 79° high, moving SW → 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 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 26% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 35 min ago. Times in America/Detroit (EDT).

Clouds tonight
11:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 51.7° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% 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, 5:03 AM13°S → E
Sat, Oct 17, 6:38 AM79°SW → NE

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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Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States · 42.49°, -83.38° · population 81,330 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.