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Yuma night sky · Fri, Oct 16, dark 6:57 PM–5:50 AM MST
- Clouds
- 50%average tonight
- Moon
- 35%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.0need Kp 9+
- Space station
- 5:11 AM34° high · W→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 5:11 AM, up to 34° high, moving W → 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 50% effective cover during dark hours.
Updated just now. Times in America/Phoenix (MST).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
11:00 PMclouds, % of sky6:00 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 39.8° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. 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
| When (MST) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17, 5:08 AM | 34° | W → NE |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (MST) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 | Tue, Oct 20, 3:14 PM | 368 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 | Fri, Oct 23, 10:29 PM | 368 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E | Wed, Dec 30, 5:00 PM | 368 mi |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A | Wed, Dec 30, 5:00 PM | 368 mi |
Launches within 621 mi in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.
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Yuma, Arizona, United States · 32.73°, -114.62° · population 95,548 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.