Tonight in La Laguna, Spain · More in Spain →
Stay inLa Laguna night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 20:25–7:15 WEST
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 7:00, up to 14° high, moving W → N. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 33% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 50% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Atlantic/Canary (WEST).
Clouds tonight
4:00clouds, % of sky8:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 12.7° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.7. Live map →
Moon
33% 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 (WEST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:58 | 14° | 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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La Laguna, Spain · 28.49°, -16.32° · population 150,661 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.