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Jonesboro night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:21 PM–6:15 AM CDT
- Clouds
- 1%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:39 AM52° high · SW→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:39 AM, up to 52° 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 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 1% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 37 min ago. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
4:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 45.6° 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 4:48 AM | 84° | 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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Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States · 35.84°, -90.70° · population 73,907 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.