ISS TonightSee the ISS from Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
The International Space Station is visible from Hong Kong Island 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, 20° 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 Island (Asia/Hong Kong). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Hong Kong Island: 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
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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.