Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Sari, Iran · More in Iran →
40 OUT OF 100

MaybeSari night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:15–5:11 GMT+3:30

  • 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 4:05, up to 86° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 30% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Tehran (GMT+3:30).

Clouds tonight
15:30clouds, % of sky5:30
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 33.2° 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
Waxing Crescent. Up for 36% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+3:30)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 4:0186°SW → 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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Sari, Iran · 36.56°, 53.06° · population 255,396 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.