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Worth a lookUlanqab night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:44–5:41 GMT+8
- 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 5:32, up to 53° high, moving W → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 12% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 37 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 36.9° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
39% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 32% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+8) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 3:53 | 18° | S → E |
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:29 | 53° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT+8) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ceres-1S | Unknown Payload | Wed, Oct 21, 11:35 | 840 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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Ulanqab, China · 40.99°, 113.13° · population 550,231 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.