ISS TonightSee the ISS from Phoenix, United States
The International Space Station is visible from Phoenix 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:17 (very bright, 78° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 04:45–04:47 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears ENE, 24° up Highest 24° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Tue 3 Nov 06:18–06:23 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SW Disappears S, 15° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 05:33–05:36 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears W, 41° up Highest 46° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:48–04:49 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears SE, 23° up Highest 23° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:36–05:36 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SSW, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:00–19:02 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 33° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 33° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:13–18:17 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears E, 15° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:49–19:50 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the W Disappears W, 16° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:01–19:05 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 52° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 49° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:13–18:19 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 78° up in the SE Disappears NE, 15° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:03–19:07 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NNW Disappears NNW, 17° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Phoenix (America/Phoenix). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Phoenix: 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.