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Linz night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:18–6:18 CEST
- Clouds
- 81%average tonight
- Moon
- 41%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:4433° high · SW→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:44, up to 33° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 26% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 81% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated just now. Times in Europe/Vienna (CEST).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 44.0° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
41% lit
First Quarter. Up for 26% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (CEST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:41 | 33° | 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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Salzburg 108 kmVienna 155 kmGraz 163 kmPilsen 173 kmRegensburg 179 kmKlagenfurt am Wörthersee 187 km
Linz, Austria · 48.31°, 14.29° · population 204,846 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.