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Xiangtan night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:48–5:39 GMT+8
- Clouds
- 20%average tonight
- Moon
- 39%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
- Space station
- Noneno visible pass tonight
- 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.
- No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
- Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 36% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 20% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated 38 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Photo: ESO/H.H. Heyer · CC BY 4.0
Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 23.7° 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 36% 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
| Launch | When (GMT+8) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long March 8A | Unknown Payload | Thu, Oct 22, 10:57 | 939 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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Xiangtan, China · 27.85°, 112.90° · population 959,303 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.