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Tula night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:44–5:45 GMT+3
- Clouds
- 22%average tonight
- Moon
- 41%First Quarter
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 6
- Space station
- 5:1215° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
- Space station passes at 5:12, up to 15° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 41% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 22% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 22% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 26 min ago. Times in Europe/Moscow (GMT+3).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 51.1° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
41% lit
First Quarter. Up for 22% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+3) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:10 | 15° | 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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Tula, Russia · 54.20°, 37.62° · population 482,873 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.