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Huntsville night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:04 PM–5:58 AM CDT
- Clouds
- 8%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:40 AM30° high · W→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:40 AM, up to 30° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 8% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
1:00 AMclouds, % of sky6:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 44.5° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (CDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:37 AM | 30° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (CDT) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) | Mon, Oct 19, 5:30 AM | 554 mi |
| Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | Wed, Oct 28, 7:00 PM | 552 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | Sun, Nov 29, 6:00 PM | 554 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D | Wed, Dec 30, 6:00 PM | 561 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1 | Wed, Dec 30, 6:00 PM | 561 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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Huntsville, Alabama, United States · 34.73°, -86.59° · population 215,006 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.