Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Gresham, Oregon · More in United States →
18 OUT OF 100

Stay inGresham night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:26 PM–6:24 AM PDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
  • Space station passes at 5:13 AM, up to 19° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 36% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 36% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 34 min ago. Times in America/Los Angeles (PDT).

Clouds tonight
8:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 50.8° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
36% 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 (PDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:10 AM19°S → E
Sat, Oct 17, 6:46 AM74°SW → NE

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.

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Gresham, Oregon, United States · 45.50°, -122.43° · population 110,553 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.