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Tonight in Puyang, Zhejiang, China · More in China →
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Puyang night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:20–5:11 GMT+8
Clouds
26%average tonight
Moon
39%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
Space station
Noneno visible pass tonight
  • 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.
  • No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
  • Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 26% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 9 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).

Photo: ESO/H.H. Heyer · CC BY 4.0

Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 25.0° 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

No visible passes in the next day or so. They come in runs of several days, a few times a month.

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (GMT+8)Distance
Ceres-1S | Unknown PayloadWed, Oct 21, 11:35660 km

Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.

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Puyang, Zhejiang, China · 29.46°, 119.89° · population 3,590,000 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.