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28 OUT OF 100

MaybeZlatoust night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:16–6:17 GMT+5

  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 5.
  • Space station passes at 5:39, up to 12° high, moving S → SE. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 17% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 0% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Yekaterinburg (GMT+5).

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 5 needed
Magnetic latitude 52.4° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 17% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+5)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 5:3712°S → SE

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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Zlatoust, Russia · 55.17°, 59.65° · population 191,366 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.