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Stay inMexicali night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 19:00–5:53 PDT
- 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 5:11, up to 36° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 51% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 19 min ago. Times in America/Tijuana (PDT).
Clouds tonight
23:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 39.6° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (PDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:08 | 36° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (PDT) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 | Tue, Oct 20, 15:14 | 527 km |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 | Fri, Oct 23, 22:29 | 527 km |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E | Wed, Dec 30, 16:00 | 527 km |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A | Wed, Dec 30, 16:00 | 527 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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Mexicali, Mexico · 32.63°, -115.45° · population 1,032,686 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.