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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 Pokhara, Nepal · More in Nepal →
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Pokhara night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:29–5:20 GMT+5:45
Clouds
16%average tonight
Moon
39%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
Space station
4:4714° high · W→N
  • 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 4:47, up to 14° high, moving W → N. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 16% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated 22 min ago. Times in Asia/Kathmandu (GMT+5:45).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
15:45clouds, % of sky5:45
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 24.5° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
39% 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

When (GMT+5:45)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:4514°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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Pokhara, Nepal · 28.27°, 83.97° · population 600,051 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.