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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 Khabarovsk, Russia · More in Russia →
26 OUT OF 100

Maybe

Khabarovsk night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:15–6:15 GMT+10
Clouds
36%average tonight
Moon
38%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 9
Space station
6:0039° high · SW→E
  • 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 6:00, up to 39° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 36% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 18 min ago. Times in Asia/Vladivostok (GMT+10).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.1° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% 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 (GMT+10)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 5:5739°SW → E

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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Khabarovsk, Russia · 48.46°, 135.10° · population 618,150 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.