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Wichita Falls night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 7:52 PM–6:46 AM CDT
- Clouds
- 0%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 9
- Space station
- 5:37 AM88° high · SW→NE
- 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.
- Space station passes at 5:37 AM, up to 88° high, moving SW → NE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 35% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 32% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in America/Chicago (CDT).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
3:00 AMclouds, % of sky7:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9 needed
Magnetic latitude 43.3° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
35% 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
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 621 mi in the next week or so.
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Wichita Falls, Texas, United States · 33.91°, -98.49° · population 104,710 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.