Tonight in Tacheng, China · More in China →
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Tacheng night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:43–5:43 GMT+6
- Clouds
- 19%average tonight
- Moon
- 39%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9
- Space station
- 5:0536° high · SW→E
- 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 5:05, up to 36° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 19% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 4 min ago. Times in Asia/Urumqi (GMT+6).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.7° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
39% 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 (GMT+6) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:01 | 36° | 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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Tacheng, China · 46.75°, 82.96° · population 161,037 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.