ISS TonightSee the ISS from Shenzhen, China
The International Space Station is visible from Shenzhen 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 05:54 (very bright, 67° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:07 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:51–05:57 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 67° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:10 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears N, 42° up Highest 53° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:22 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears E, 15° up Highest 15° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:54–05:57 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears W, 11° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:15–19:17 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 54° up in the SW Disappears SW, 54° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 05:09–05:11 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears SSW, 24° up Highest 24° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:27–18:32 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 39° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 20° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:17–19:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 19° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:29–18:35 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:32–18:34 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Shenzhen (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Shenzhen: 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
Shanghai · Chongqing · Chengdu · Beijing · Guangzhou · 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.