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Tonight in Kawagoe, Japan · More in Japan →
55 OUT OF 100

Worth a lookKawagoe night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 17:59–4:55 GMT+9

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
  • Space station passes at 3:22, up to 42° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 4% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 19 min ago. Times in Asia/Tokyo (GMT+9).

Clouds tonight
15:00clouds, % of sky5:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 30.0° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% 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+9)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 3:1942°SW → NE
Sun, Oct 18, 4:5620°W → N

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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Kawagoe, Japan · 35.91°, 139.49° · population 354,571 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.