Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Provo, Utah · More in United States →
30 OUT OF 100

MaybeProvo night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:43 PM–6:40 AM MDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 3.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
  • Space station passes at 6:13 AM, up to 81° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 47% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in America/Denver (MDT).

Clouds tonight
8:00 PMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 47.6° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 3.3. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (MDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 6:10 AM81°SW → NE

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

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.

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Provo, Utah, United States · 40.23°, -111.66° · population 115,162 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.