See the ISS from Harbin, China

The International Space Station is visible from Harbin 3 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 17:50 (fairly bright, 18° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 11 Nov
17:48–17:50
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 18° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 18° up
Thu 12 Nov
17:01–17:04
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 11° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:36–18:37
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 20° up

Times are local to Harbin (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Harbin: 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

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.