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Gastonia night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 7:42 PM–6:38 AM EDT
- Clouds
- 0%average tonight
- Moon
- 44%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:53 AM34° high · W→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:53 AM, up to 34° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 44% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 41% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in America/New York (EDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
5:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 44.7° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
44% lit
First Quarter. Up for 41% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (EDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:50 AM | 34° | W → NE |
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 | 464 mi |
| Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 PM | 463 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | Sun, Nov 29, 7:00 PM | 464 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D | Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM | 472 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1 | Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM | 472 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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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States · 35.26°, -81.19° · population 74,543 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.