ISS TonightSee the ISS from Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The International Space Station is visible from Hong Kong 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 05:54 (very bright, 68° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:07 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:51–05:57 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 68° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:10 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears N, 40° up Highest 52° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:22 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears E, 16° up Highest 16° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:54–05:57 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears W, 11° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:15–19:17 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 55° up in the SW Disappears SW, 55° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 05:09–05:11 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears SSW, 25° up Highest 25° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:27–18:32 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 41° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 19° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:17–19:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 18° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:29–18:35 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:33–18:34 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Hong Kong (Asia/Hong Kong). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Hong Kong: 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 Hong Kong
New Territories · Kowloon · Hong Kong Island · Victoria
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.