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Thunder Bay night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 8:13 PM–7:12 AM EDT
- Clouds
- 96%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 3
- Space station
- 6:41 AM27° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 3.
- Space station passes at 6:41 AM, up to 27° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 96% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated 5 min ago. Times in America/Toronto (EDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
5:00 AMclouds, % of sky8:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 3 needed
Magnetic latitude 57.5° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% 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 (EDT) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 6:39 AM | 27° | S → E |
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:52 AM | 18° | S → 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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Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada · 48.38°, -89.25° · population 108,843 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.