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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 Shelby, Michigan · More in United States →
52 OUT OF 100

Worth a look

Shelby night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:49 PM–6:46 AM EDT
Clouds
9%average tonight
Moon
35%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.3need Kp 5
Space station
6:41 AM79° high · SW→NE
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 6:41 AM, up to 79° 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 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 9% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/Detroit (EDT).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 51.9° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
35% 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)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:03 AM14°S → E
Sat, Oct 17, 6:38 AM79°SW → 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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Shelby, Michigan, United States · 42.67°, -83.03° · population 74,099 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.