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Thoothukudi night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 6:46 PM–5:19 AM IST
- Clouds
- 49%average tonight
- Moon
- 40%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
- Space station
- Noneno visible pass tonight
- 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.
- No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
- Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 45% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 49% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 3 min ago. Times in Asia/Kolkata (IST).
Photo: ESO/H.H. Heyer · CC BY 4.0
Clouds tonight
4:30 PMclouds, % of sky5:30 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 7.9° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 45% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
No visible passes in the next day or so. They come in runs of several days, a few times a month.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (IST) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) | Sat, Oct 31, 5:30 AM | 596 km |
| SSLV | AayulSAT-1A & others | Sat, Oct 31, 5:30 AM | 598 km |
| LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1 | Mon, Nov 30, 5:30 AM | 596 km |
| PSLV-XL | TDS-01 | Mon, Nov 30, 5:30 AM | 598 km |
| LVM-3 | GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3) | Thu, Dec 31, 5:30 AM | 596 km |
Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Thoothukudi, India · 8.77°, 78.13° · population 410,760 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.