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Stay inGaoping night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:14–6:07 GMT+8
- 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 5:29, up to 22° high, moving W → N. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 75% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated 29 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 26.8° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
39% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 36% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+8) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:26 | 22° | W → N |
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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Gaoping, China · 30.78°, 106.10° · population 204,368 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.