ISS TonightSee the ISS from Osaka, Japan
The International Space Station is visible from Osaka 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:02 (very bright, 66° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:33 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears ENE, 48° up Highest 48° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:21 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears WSW, 21° up Highest 22° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
|
| Mon 9 Nov 18:45–18:47 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 32° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:58–18:02 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SE Disappears E, 26° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:47–18:50 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 35° up in the NW Disappears NW, 35° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:59–18:04 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 66° up in the NW Disappears NE, 22° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Osaka (Asia/Tokyo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Osaka: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.
Coming up in the sky over Osaka
- Mars and Jupiter conjunction
- Mon 16 Nov, 05:32: 1.2° apart, 67° up in the south-east
- Leonid meteor shower
- Night of 16–17 Nov: 01:04–05:02, up to about 14 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 01:00–05:03, up to about 14 an hour - Geminid meteor shower
- Night of 13–14 Dec: 20:21–05:23, up to about 150 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 21:20–05:24, up to about 150 an hour
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 Japan
Tokyo · Yokohama · Nagoya · Sapporo · Fukuoka · Kawasaki · Kobe · Kyoto
Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.