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Perth night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 7:24 PM–4:39 AM AWST
- Clouds
- 66%average tonight
- Moon
- 39%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 9
- Space station
- Noneno visible pass tonight
- 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.
- No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 58% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 66% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 6 min ago. Times in Australia/Perth (AWST).
Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0
Clouds tonight
5:00 PMclouds, % of sky5:00 AM
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.5° S. Look south. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
39% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 58% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
No visible passes in the next day or so. They come in runs of several days, a few times a month.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.
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Perth, Australia · -31.95°, 115.86° · population 2,384,371 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.