Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Mingachevir, Azerbaijan · More in Azerbaijan →
37 OUT OF 100

MaybeMingachevir night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:08–6:06 GMT+4

  • 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 4:35, up to 28° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 8% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Baku (GMT+4).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 37.4° 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 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+4)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:3228°S → E
Sun, Oct 18, 6:0836°W → 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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Mingachevir, Azerbaijan · 40.76°, 47.06° · population 106,048 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.