Aurora Borealis in Moose Jaw

Canada · 50.40°, -105.53° · geomagnetic 57.9° · needs Kp 7

Tonight's aurora forecast for Moose Jaw

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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Moose Jaw needs Kp 7 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 4.7. Short of the threshold, which is what most nights look like here.

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Updated 2026-09-08 10:35 UTC

Local aurora guide for Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw generally needs planetary Kp 7 before the aurora borealis reaches the local sky. Historical Kp and darkness data produce about 2.8 viable nights a year across 10.0 years of records.

The strongest historical overlap of darkness and activity occurs in September, May and August. From June, limited astronomical darkness can prevent viewing.

The central sky is approximately Bortle 5. The supplied darker-sky reference is 19 km north-west at Bortle 4.

Aurorasaurus recorded 67 verified reports within 300 km of Moose Jaw between 2015-01-01 and 2016-12-31. These records describe past observations, not tonight's prediction.

Sources: Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Solar declination and hour-angle calculation · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness · Aurorasaurus verified positive reports

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