See the ISS from New Taipei City, Taiwan

The International Space Station is visible from New Taipei City 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sun 8 Nov at 18:32 (very bright, 83° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:09	Bright mag -2.6	Appears NNW, 12° up Highest 41° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 04:18–04:21	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears NE, 21° up Highest 22° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:10	Very bright mag -3.2	Appears WNW, 26° up Highest 40° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:28–18:29	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears S, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 14° up
Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:23	Bright mag -2.3	Appears SE, 36° up Highest 36° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 19:16–19:17	Faint mag -0.9	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 16° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 16° up
Sun 8 Nov 18:29–18:32	Very bright mag -3.9	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 83° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 74° up
Mon 9 Nov 17:41–17:47	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 12° up
Mon 9 Nov 19:20–19:20	Faint mag -0.5	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 11° up
Tue 10 Nov 18:31–18:35	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears W, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NW Disappears N, 17° up
Wed 11 Nov 17:43–17:49	Bright mag -2.8	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 44° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up

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

Also for New Taipei City: 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 Taiwan

Taipei · Taichung · Kaohsiung · Tainan

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.