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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 Murom, Russia · More in Russia →
26 OUT OF 100

Maybe

Murom night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:27–5:27 GMT+3
Clouds
5%average tonight
Moon
41%First Quarter
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 5
Space station
5:1316° high · S→E
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 5:13, up to 16° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 17% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 5% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 6 min ago. Times in Europe/Moscow (GMT+3).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 52.6° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
41% lit
First Quarter. Up for 17% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+3)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 5:1016°S → E

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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Murom, Russia · 55.57°, 42.02° · population 126,931 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.