Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Konibodom, Tajikistan · More in Tajikistan →
31 OUT OF 100

MaybeKonibodom night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:34–5:32 GMT+5

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
  • Space station passes at 4:02, up to 29° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 25% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Dushanbe (GMT+5).

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 37.1° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% 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+5)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 3:5929°S → E
Sun, Oct 18, 5:3534°W → NE

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

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (GMT+5)Distance
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)Tue, Nov 24, 10:03843 km

Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.

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Konibodom, Tajikistan · 40.29°, 70.43° · population 211,100 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.