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Tonight in Gyumri, Armenia · More in Armenia →
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Worth a lookGyumri night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:21–6:19 GMT+4

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
  • Space station passes at 6:11, up to 45° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 7% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 29 min ago. Times in Asia/Yerevan (GMT+4).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 37.3° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
First Quarter. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+4)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:3221°S → E
Sun, Oct 18, 6:0845°W → 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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Gyumri, Armenia · 40.79°, 43.85° · population 114,667 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.