ISS TonightSee the ISS from Hangzhou, China
The International Space Station is visible from Hangzhou 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 17:47 (very bright, 76° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:08 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears NW, 28° up Highest 72° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:18–04:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears E, 29° up Highest 29° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:09 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SW, 26° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:22 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears SSE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:17–19:17 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 11° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:30–18:32 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 32° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 17:43–17:47 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 18° up in the SE Disappears E, 13° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:19–19:20 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 17° up in the W Disappears W, 17° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:31–18:35 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 51° up in the NW Disappears N, 42° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:43–17:50 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 76° up in the SE Disappears NE, 12° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:34–18:37 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NW Disappears N, 14° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Hangzhou (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Hangzhou: 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 · Chengdu · Beijing · Guangzhou · Shenzhen · Tianjin · Wuhan
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.