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Leicester night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:19–6:20 BST
- Clouds
- 26%average tonight
- Moon
- 42%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 6
- Space station
- 6:1929° high · SW→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
- Space station passes at 6:19, up to 29° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 42% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 22% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 26% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in Europe/London (BST).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 49.1° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
42% lit
First Quarter. Up for 22% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (BST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 6:16 | 29° | SW → E |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.
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Leicester, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · population 368,600 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.