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Nogales night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 18:43–5:35 GMT-7
- Clouds
- 47%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 9+
- Space station
- 5:1221° high · W→N
- 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 5:12, up to 21° high, moving W → N. 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 47% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 15 min ago. Times in America/Hermosillo (GMT-7).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
2:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 39.1° 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 (GMT-7) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:09 | 21° | W → N |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT-7) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 | Tue, Oct 20, 15:14 | 974 km |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 | Fri, Oct 23, 22:29 | 974 km |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E | Wed, Dec 30, 17:00 | 974 km |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A | Wed, Dec 30, 17:00 | 974 km |
Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Nogales, Mexico · 31.31°, -110.94° · population 264,782 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.