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Star trails circling the celestial pole above a volcano, crossed by the straight line of a space station pass
Tonight in Kenner, Louisiana · More in United States →
25 OUT OF 100

Maybe

Kenner night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:20 PM–6:12 AM CDT
Clouds
38%average tonight
Moon
35%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 9+
Space station
5:38 AM22° high · W→N
  • 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 5:38 AM, up to 22° high, moving W → N. 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 38% effective cover during dark hours.

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 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 40.1° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. 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)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:35 AM22°W → N

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (CDT)Distance
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)Mon, Oct 19, 5:30 AM590 mi
Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)Wed, Oct 28, 7:00 PM590 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25Sun, Nov 29, 6:00 PM590 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer DWed, Dec 30, 6:00 PM595 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1Wed, Dec 30, 6:00 PM595 mi

Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.

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Kenner, Louisiana, United States · 29.99°, -90.24° · population 67,091 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.