Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Fredericton, New Brunswick · More in Canada →
11 OUT OF 100

Stay inFredericton night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:43 PM–6:41 AM ADT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 6:08 AM, up to 34° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 74% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated 28 min ago. Times in America/Moncton (ADT).

Clouds tonight
12:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 52.6° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
34% 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 (ADT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 6:05 AM34°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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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada · 45.95°, -66.67° · population 63,116 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.