Tonight in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea · More in Papua New Guinea →
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Port Moresby night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:52–5:00 GMT+10
- Clouds
- 17%average tonight
- Moon
- 38%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 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 48% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 17% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 6 min ago. Times in Pacific/Port Moresby (GMT+10).
Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0
Clouds tonight
19:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 19.3° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 48% 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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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea · -9.48°, 147.15° · population 283,733 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.