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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 Missouri City, Texas · More in United States →
40 OUT OF 100

Maybe

Missouri City night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:42 PM–6:33 AM CDT
Clouds
2%average tonight
Moon
35%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 9+
Space station
5:37 AM35° high · W→NE
  • 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 5:37 AM, up to 35° 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 2% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 15 min ago. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
4:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 39.4° 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 (CDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:34 AM35°W → NE

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.

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Missouri City, Texas, United States · 29.62°, -95.54° · population 74,139 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.