Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Greater Sudbury, Ontario · More in Canada →
30 OUT OF 100

MaybeGreater Sudbury night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:40 PM–6:38 AM EDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 4.
  • Space station passes at 5:06 AM, up to 11° high, moving SE → SE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 16% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/Toronto (EDT).

Clouds tonight
11:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 4 needed
Magnetic latitude 55.3° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (EDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:05 AM11°SE → SE
Sat, Oct 17, 6:39 AM64°SW → NE

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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Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada · 46.49°, -80.99° · population 166,004 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.