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Star trails circling the celestial pole above a volcano, crossed by the straight line of a space station pass
Tonight in Marysville, Washington · More in United States →
7 OUT OF 100

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Marysville night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:25 PM–6:23 AM PDT
Clouds
75%average tonight
Moon
36%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 5
Space station
5:13 AM15° high · S→E
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 5:13 AM, up to 15° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 36% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 75% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated 21 min ago. Times in America/Los Angeles (PDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 53.3° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
36% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (PDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:11 AM15°S → E
Sat, Oct 17, 6:46 AM72°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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Marysville, Washington, United States · 48.05°, -122.18° · population 66,773 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.