Tonight in Villa Mercedes, Chile · More in Chile →
Stay inVilla Mercedes night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 21:04–6:01 GMT-3
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. 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 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 61% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 23% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 29 min ago. Times in America/Santiago (GMT-3).
Clouds tonight
3:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 26.5° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 61% 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
No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.
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Villa Mercedes, Chile · -37.40°, -71.98° · population 131,936 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.