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Lynchburg night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:34 PM–6:29 AM EDT
- Clouds
- 94%average tonight
- Moon
- 34%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.3need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:05 AM34° high · S→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:05 AM, up to 34° high, moving S → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 94% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated just now. Times in America/New York (EDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 46.5° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
34% 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 (EDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:01 AM | 34° | S → NE |
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:39 AM | 26° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (EDT) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) | Mon, Oct 19, 6:30 AM | 617 mi |
| Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 PM | 616 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | Sun, Nov 29, 7:00 PM | 617 mi |
| Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One | Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM | 615 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 14-16 (Block 2 #9-11) | Wed, Dec 30, 7:00 PM | 617 mi |
Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Lynchburg, Virginia, United States · 37.41°, -79.14° · population 79,812 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.