Tonight in Masjed Soleymān, Iran · More in Iran →
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Masjed Soleymān night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:31–5:25 GMT+3:30
- Clouds
- 3%average tonight
- Moon
- 40%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
- Space station
- 4:0367° high · SW→NE
- 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 4:03, up to 67° high, moving SW → 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 3% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 34 min ago. Times in Asia/Tehran (GMT+3:30).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
16:30clouds, % of sky5:30
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 28.3° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. 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+3:30) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 4:00 | 67° | SW → NE |
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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Masjed Soleymān, Iran · 31.94°, 49.30° · population 100,497 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.