ISS TonightSee the ISS from Budapest, Hungary
The International Space Station is visible from Budapest 3 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 17:49 (bright, 23° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:00–05:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears SSW, 13° up Highest 13° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:34–18:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 16° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 16° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:46–17:49 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 23° up in the SE Disappears SE, 23° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Budapest (Europe/Budapest). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Budapest: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.
How to spot it
Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.
Other cities in Hungary
Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.