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Star trails circling the celestial pole above a volcano, crossed by the straight line of a space station pass
Tonight in Saint George, Utah · More in United States →
56 OUT OF 100

Worth a look

Saint George night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:52 PM–6:47 AM MDT
Clouds
3%average tonight
Moon
35%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 8
Space station
6:12 AM59° high · SW→NE
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
  • Space station passes at 6:12 AM, up to 59° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 3% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/Denver (MDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
12:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 44.3° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (MDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 6:09 AM59°SW → NE

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

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (MDT)Distance
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15Tue, Oct 20, 4:14 PM429 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16Fri, Oct 23, 11:29 PM429 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer EWed, Dec 30, 5:00 PM429 mi
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer AWed, Dec 30, 5:00 PM429 mi

Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.

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Saint George, Utah, United States · 37.10°, -113.58° · population 72,897 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.