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Saanich night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:29 PM–6:28 AM PDT
- Clouds
- 71%average tonight
- Moon
- 36%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 5
- Space station
- 5:13 AM13° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
- Space station passes at 5:13 AM, up to 13° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 36% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 71% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated 23 min ago. Times in America/Vancouver (PDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 53.6° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
36% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (PDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:11 AM | 13° | S → E |
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:46 AM | 61° | SW → E |
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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Saanich, British Columbia, Canada · 48.55°, -123.37° · population 117,735 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.