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Scranton night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:19 PM–6:16 AM EDT
- Clouds
- 76%average tonight
- Moon
- 34%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.3need Kp 6
- Space station
- 5:06 AM29° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
- Space station passes at 5:06 AM, up to 29° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 76% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated just now. Times in America/New York (EDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 49.8° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
34% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (EDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:39 AM | 37° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States · 41.41°, -75.66° · population 77,118 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.