Night Sky Alert
Tonight in Warwick, Rhode Island · More in United States →
27 OUT OF 100

MaybeWarwick night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:02 PM–5:59 AM EDT

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.3. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
  • Space station passes at 5:07 AM, up to 41° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 34% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 27% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 53% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in America/New York (EDT).

Clouds tonight
2:00 AMclouds, % of sky6:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 49.4° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.3. Live map →
Moon
34% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 27% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (EDT)HighestPath
Sat, Oct 17, 5:03 AM41°SW → NE

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.

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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States · 41.70°, -71.42° · population 81,699 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.