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Melbourne night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 8:38 PM–5:32 AM AEDT
- Clouds
- 1%average tonight
- Moon
- 38%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 7
- Space station
- Noneno visible pass tonight
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
- No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
- Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 61% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 1% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 15 min ago. Times in Australia/Melbourne (AEDT).
Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0
Clouds tonight
9:00 PMclouds, % of sky6:00 AM
Aurora australis reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 48.6° S. Look south. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 61% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
No visible passes in the next day or so. They come in runs of several days, a few times a month.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.
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Melbourne, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · population 5,435,590 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.