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Worth a lookMary night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:09–6:06 GMT+5
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 5:36, up to 43° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 1% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in Asia/Ashgabat (GMT+5).
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 34.4° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 36% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+5) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:33 | 43° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT+5) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | Tue, Nov 24, 10:03 | 945 km |
Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Mary, Turkmenistan · 37.59°, 61.83° · population 167,027 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.