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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 Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Quebec · More in Canada →
54 OUT OF 100

Worth a look

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 7:09 PM–6:10 AM EDT
Clouds
6%average tonight
Moon
43%First Quarter
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 5
Space station
5:56 AM83° high · SW→NE
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 5:56 AM, up to 83° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 43% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 30% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 6% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 38 min ago. Times in America/Toronto (EDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
5:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 53.5° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
43% lit
First Quarter. Up for 30% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (EDT)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 5:53 AM83°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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Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Quebec, Canada · 45.57°, -73.55° · population 142,753 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.