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Worth a lookFujisawa night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:00–4:55 GMT+9
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 3:22, up to 46° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 1% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 25 min ago. Times in Asia/Tokyo (GMT+9).
Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky5:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 29.5° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% 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 (GMT+9) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 3:18 | 46° | SW → NE |
| Sun, Oct 18, 4:56 | 19° | W → N |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT+9) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) | Tue, Oct 20, 4:41 | 965 km |
Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Fujisawa, Japan · 35.35°, 139.48° · population 439,728 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.