Tonight in Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan · More in Kazakhstan →
Worth a look
Zhezqazghan night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 18:44–5:44 GMT+5
- Clouds
- 7%average tonight
- Moon
- 40%Waxing Crescent
- Aurora
- Kp 2.7need Kp 8
- Space station
- 5:3955° high · SW→E
- Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 8.
- Space station passes at 5:39, up to 55° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
- Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 26% of the dark hours.
- Clouds: about 7% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.
Updated just now. Times in Asia/Almaty (GMT+5).
Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds tonight
16:00clouds, % 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
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 26% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit
Next visible space station passes
| When (GMT+5) | Highest | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18, 5:36 | 55° | SW → E |
Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.
Launches within view
| Launch | When (GMT+5) | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | Tue, Nov 24, 10:03 | 373 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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Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan · 47.79°, 67.71° · population 104,357 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.