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Yakeshi night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:12–5:12 GMT+8
- Clouds
- 100%average tonight
- Moon
- 38%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 8
- Space station
- 3:5814° high · S→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 3:58, up to 14° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 23% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 100% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.
Updated 32 min ago. Times in Asia/Shanghai (GMT+8).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky6:00
Aurora reach
Kp 8 needed
Magnetic latitude 44.9° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 23% 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, 3:56 | 14° | S → E |
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:31 | 61° | SW → E |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.
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Yakeshi, China · 49.28°, 120.73° · population 116,284 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.