ISS TonightSee the ISS from Chengdu, China
The International Space Station is visible from Chengdu 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 05:51 (very bright, 89° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:03 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears ENE, 13° up Highest 13° up in the ENE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 06:36–06:42 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears WNW, 14° up Highest 42° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:51–05:54 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears NW, 81° up Highest 89° up in the WSW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:06 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears ESE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 06:39–06:41 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:54–05:55 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SSW, 16° up Highest 16° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 20:04–20:05 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears SW, 26° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:16–19:20 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 41° up in the SE Disappears E, 35° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:34–18:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears E, 11° up Highest 11° up in the E Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 20:06–20:08 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 23° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 23° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:18–19:23 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 45° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 22° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:33–18:36 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears E, 87° up Highest 87° up in the E Disappears NE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Chengdu (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Chengdu: 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 China
Shanghai · Chongqing · Beijing · Guangzhou · Shenzhen · Tianjin · Wuhan · Xi'an
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.