Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Osh, Kyrgyzstan · More in Kyrgyzstan →
24 OUT OF 100

Stay inOsh night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:25–6:23 GMT+6

  • 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 5:02, up to 36° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 41% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Bishkek (GMT+6).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 37.4° 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
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+6)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:5936°SW → E
Sun, Oct 18, 6:3630°W → NE

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

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (GMT+6)Distance
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)Tue, Nov 24, 11:03963 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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Osh, Kyrgyzstan · 40.53°, 72.80° · population 322,164 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.