Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Rustavi, Georgia · More in Georgia →
48 OUT OF 100

MaybeRustavi night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:16–6:14 GMT+4

  • 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 6:11, up to 47° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 17% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Tbilisi (GMT+4).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 38.2° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
First Quarter. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+4)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:3222°S → E
Sun, Oct 18, 6:0847°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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Rustavi, Georgia · 41.56°, 44.98° · population 128,249 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.