Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Springdale, Arkansas · More in United States →
44 OUT OF 100

MaybeSpringdale night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:34 PM–6:29 AM CDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
  • Space station passes at 5:39 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 32% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 24% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).

Clouds tonight
1:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 45.8° 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 (CDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:35 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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Springdale, Arkansas, United States · 36.19°, -94.13° · population 77,859 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.