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Joliet night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:09 PM–6:06 AM CDT
- Clouds
- 1%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 6
- Space station
- 5:40 AM82° high · SW→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
- Space station passes at 5:40 AM, up to 82° high, moving SW → 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 27% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 1% 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 sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 51.0° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% 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 (CDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:37 AM | 82° | SW → NE |
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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Joliet, Illinois, United States · 41.53°, -88.08° · population 147,861 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.