See the ISS from Philadelphia, United States

The International Space Station is visible from Philadelphia 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 17:59 (very bright, 67° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 05:12–05:15	Bright mag -2.9	Appears WSW, 31° up Highest 32° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov 04:27–04:28	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears SSE, 22° up Highest 22° up in the SSE Disappears SE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:43–18:44	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 21° up in the S Disappears S, 21° up
Tue 10 Nov 17:56–17:59	Bright mag -2.3	Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 20° up
Tue 10 Nov 19:32–19:32	Faint mag -0.4	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 11° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:44–18:46	Bright mag -2.8	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 49° up in the W Disappears W, 49° up
Thu 12 Nov 17:56–18:01	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 67° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 30° up

Times are local to Philadelphia (America/New York). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Philadelphia: 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 United States

New York City · Los Angeles · Brooklyn · Chicago · Queens · Houston · Phoenix · San Antonio

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.