Tonight in Rennes, France · More in France →
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Rennes night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 20:21–7:22 CEST
- Clouds
- 11%average tonight
- Moon
- 42%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9
- Space station
- 5:4211° high · SE→SE
- 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 5:42, up to 11° high, moving SE → SE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 42% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 26% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 11% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in Europe/Paris (CEST).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
18:00clouds, % of sky8:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.5° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
42% lit
First Quarter. Up for 26% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (CEST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:41 | 11° | SE → SE |
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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Rennes, France · 48.11°, -1.67° · population 227,830 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.