ISS TonightSee the ISS from Houston, United States
The International Space Station is visible from Houston 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 3 Nov at 05:48 (very bright, 86° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:45–05:51 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 14° up Highest 86° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 05:00–05:03 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears NNE, 44° up Highest 46° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:15–04:15 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears E, 13° up Highest 13° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:48–05:51 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears W, 17° up Highest 20° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:03–05:05 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears S, 27° up Highest 27° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:13–19:14 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 26° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:25–18:29 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SE Disappears E, 23° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:14–19:17 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 34° up in the NW Disappears NW, 34° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:26–18:32 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 70° up in the NW Disappears NE, 20° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:18–19:19 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 12° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:29–18:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Houston (America/Chicago). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Houston: 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.
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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.