ISS TonightSee the ISS from Shanghai, China
The International Space Station is visible from Shanghai 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 05:04 (very bright, 85° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:08 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 28° up Highest 85° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:18–04:20 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears E, 36° up Highest 36° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:08 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears SW, 21° up Highest 21° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:21 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears SSE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:30–18:32 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 29° up in the S Disappears S, 29° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 17:43–17:47 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SE Disappears E, 15° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:19–19:20 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 14° up in the W Disappears W, 14° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:31–18:35 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 50° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 48° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:44–17:50 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 79° up in the SE Disappears NE, 15° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:34–18:37 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 15° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Shanghai (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Shanghai: 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 China
Chongqing · Chengdu · Beijing · Guangzhou · Shenzhen · Tianjin · Wuhan · Xi'an
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.