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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 Noda, Japan · More in Japan →
53 OUT OF 100

Worth a look

Noda night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 17:58–4:53 GMT+9
Clouds
7%average tonight
Moon
38%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 9+
Space station
3:2244° high · SW→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 3:22, up to 44° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 7% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 14 min ago. Times in Asia/Tokyo (GMT+9).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
18:00clouds, % of sky5:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 30.1° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% 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+9)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 3:1944°SW → NE
Sun, Oct 18, 4:5620°W → N

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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Noda, Japan · 35.95°, 139.87° · population 154,114 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.