Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Hampton, Virginia · More in United States →
4 OUT OF 100

Stay inHampton night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:23 PM–6:18 AM EDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
  • Space station passes at 5:05 AM, up to 48° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 92% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated just now. Times in America/New York (EDT).

Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 45.8° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
34% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% 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, 5:02 AM48°SW → NE
Sat, Oct 17, 6:39 AM20°W → N

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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Hampton, Virginia, United States · 37.03°, -76.35° · population 137,148 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.