Aurora tonight

Where can you see the aurora tonight?

Three things decide it: how far the aurora reaches (NOAA’s Kp), your magnetic latitude, and a dark, clear sky. Pick your city for tonight’s answer.

Kp now—NOAA

3-day peak—NOAA forecast

Moon—lit

Next eclipse—NASA tables

Space weather, next 3 days

NOAA’s 3-hour Kp forecast loads here in your browser.

Under the auroral oval

Under the oval’s usual position. NOAA notes good displays here even at modest activity (Kp 3 or 4), given darkness and a clear sky.

Needs a stronger night

Overhead when Kp reaches the number shown. G1–G5 are NOAA’s storm levels.

Beyond NOAA’s Kp 9 line

Not expected overhead even at Kp 9; only low on the horizon in the strongest storms.

Next eclipses

All to 2030 →

6 February 2027Annular solar eclipseVisible: S. America, Antarctica, w & s Africa
Annular: Chile, Argentina, Atlantic
20 February 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseVisible: Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
18 July 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseVisible: e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
2 August 2027Total solar eclipseVisible: Africa, Europe, Mid East, w & s Asia
Total:Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia

Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Dates are of greatest eclipse; “where” is NASA’s own description.

Magnetic latitude traced through IGRF-14 (epoch 2026.5), AACGM-v2 construction; Kp rule from NOAA SWPC Tips on Viewing the Aurora; darkness = sun at or below -12° (NOAA solar algorithm), night starting near local noon on the 15th.