ISS TonightSee the ISS from New York City, United States
The International Space Station is visible from New York City 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:00 (very bright, 67° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:12–05:15 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears WSW, 26° up Highest 27° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 04:27–04:28 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 21° up Highest 21° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:43–18:44 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 18° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 18° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:56–17:59 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 22° up in the SE Disappears SE, 21° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:10–17:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 12° up Highest 13° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:44–18:46 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 40° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 40° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:56–18:01 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 67° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 36° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to New York City (America/New York). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for New York 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.
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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.