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52 OUT OF 100

Worth a lookFrisco night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:46 PM–6:39 AM CDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
  • Space station passes at 5:38 AM, up to 68° 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 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 10% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).

Clouds tonight
10:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 42.7° 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 (CDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:34 AM68°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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Frisco, Texas, United States · 33.15°, -96.82° · population 154,407 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.