Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Petare, Venezuela · More in Venezuela →
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Stay inPetare night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 18:55–5:30 GMT-4

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. 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 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 95% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated 31 min ago. Times in America/Caracas (GMT-4).

Clouds tonight
1:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 18.9° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
34% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 36% 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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Petare, Venezuela · 10.48°, -66.81° · population 364,684 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.