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Worth a lookJiayuguan night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:43–6:41 GMT+8
- 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 5:29, up to 47° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 8 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 36.2° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
39% 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 (GMT+8) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:26 | 47° | SW → NE |
| Sun, Oct 18, 7:03 | 25° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT+8) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long March 4B | Unknown Payload | Sat, Oct 24, 2:00 | 213 km |
| Long March 12A | Flight 2 | Sat, Oct 31, 8:00 | 203 km |
Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Jiayuguan, China · 39.81°, 98.29° · population 231,853 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.