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Punta Arenas night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 21:49–5:07 GMT-3
- Clouds
- 61%average tonight
- Moon
- 44%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 1.7need Kp 9+
- Space station
- 22:3454° high · W→NE
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 1.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
- Space station passes at 22:34, up to 54° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 44% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 87% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 61% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in America/Punta Arenas (GMT-3).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
19:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 40.7° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 1.7. Live map →
Moon
44% lit
First Quarter. Up for 87% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT-3) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 22:31 | 54° | W → NE |
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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