ISS TonightSee the ISS from Chicago, United States
The International Space Station is visible from Chicago 6 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:34 (bright, 50° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 04:12–04:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears SE, 25° up Highest 25° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 05:00–05:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSW, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:30–18:32 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 29° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 29° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:43–17:46 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 24° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:19–19:19 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 12° up in the W Disappears W, 12° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:31–18:34 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 50° up in the W Disappears W, 50° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Chicago (America/Chicago). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Chicago: 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 United States
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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.