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MaybeXining night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:30–6:26 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 5:29, up to 75° high, moving SW → 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 49% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated 12 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 32.9° 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, 5:26 | 75° | SW → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT+8) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long March 4B | Unknown Payload | Sat, Oct 24, 2:00 | 498 km |
| Long March 12A | Flight 2 | Sat, Oct 31, 8:00 | 493 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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Xining, China · 36.63°, 101.76° · population 2,467,965 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.