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Sydney night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:17 PM–6:15 AM ADT
- Clouds
- 100%average tonight
- Moon
- 34%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.3need Kp 6
- Space station
- 6:09 AM55° high · SW→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
- Space station passes at 6:09 AM, up to 55° high, moving SW → 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 23% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 100% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated just now. Times in America/Glace Bay (ADT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
3:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 51.3° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
34% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (ADT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:06 AM | 55° | SW → E |
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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Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada · 46.14°, -60.18° · population 105,968 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.