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Stay inGainesville night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:49 PM–6:40 AM EDT
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 6:40 AM, up to 11° high, moving NW → N. 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 48% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 39 min ago. Times in America/New York (EDT).
Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 39.5° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. 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 (EDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:39 AM | 11° | NW → N |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (EDT) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) | Mon, Oct 19, 6:30 AM | 130 mi |
| Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 PM | 129 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | Sun, Nov 29, 7:00 PM | 130 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D | Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM | 136 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1 | Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM | 136 mi |
Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Gainesville, Florida, United States · 29.65°, -82.32° · population 145,214 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.