Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Rudnyy, Kazakhstan · More in Kazakhstan →
41 OUT OF 100

MaybeRudnyy night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:02–6:03 GMT+5

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
  • Space station passes at 5:39, up to 20° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 22% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Qostanay (GMT+5).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 50.2° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 22% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+5)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 5:3620°S → E

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

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (GMT+5)Distance
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)Tue, Nov 24, 10:03776 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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Rudnyy, Kazakhstan · 52.97°, 63.11° · population 124,000 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.