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Tonight in Izhevsk, Russia · More in Russia →
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Izhevsk night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:42–5:43 GMT+4
Clouds
16%average tonight
Moon
40%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 5
Space station
Noneno visible pass tonight
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 17% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 16% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 22 min ago. Times in Europe/Samara (GMT+4).

Photo: ESO/H.H. Heyer · CC BY 4.0

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 54.0° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 17% 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, 6:1221°SW → E

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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Izhevsk, Russia · 56.85°, 53.20° · population 648,213 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.