ISS TonightSee the ISS from Fukuoka, Japan
The International Space Station is visible from Fukuoka 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:01 (very bright, 81° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:31 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears ENE, 23° up Highest 23° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 06:03–06:08 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears WNW, 11° up Highest 22° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:21 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SW, 42° up Highest 42° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears SE, 17° up Highest 17° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:32–19:32 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SW Disappears SW, 13° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:44–18:47 |
Very bright mag -3.0 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 38° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:57–18:02 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears E, 13° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:34–19:35 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 18° up in the W Disappears W, 18° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:46–18:50 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 51° up in the NW Disappears N, 41° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:58–18:04 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 81° up in the SE Disappears NE, 12° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:37–19:37 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 11° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Fukuoka (Asia/Tokyo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Fukuoka: 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 Japan
Tokyo · Yokohama · Osaka · Nagoya · Sapporo · Kawasaki · Kobe · Kyoto
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.