Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Mariupol, Ukraine · More in Ukraine →
18 OUT OF 100

Stay inMariupol night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:45–5:45 EEST

  • 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 5:11, up to 39° 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 55% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in Europe/Kyiv (EEST).

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.7° 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 (EEST)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 5:0839°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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Mariupol, Ukraine · 47.10°, 37.54° · population 230,000 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.