Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Nazran, Russia · More in Russia →
16 OUT OF 100

Stay inNazran night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:16–5:16 GMT+3

  • 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 5:11, up to 64° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 72% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated just now. Times in Europe/Moscow (GMT+3).

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 39.9° 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
First Quarter. 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+3)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 3:3218°S → E
Sun, Oct 18, 5:0864°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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Nazran, Russia · 43.23°, 44.77° · population 164,131 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.