ISS TonightSee the ISS from Tainan, Taiwan
The International Space Station is visible from Tainan 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sun 8 Nov at 18:31 (very bright, 89° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:09 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 28° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:18–04:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears NE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:11 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears WNW, 27° up Highest 61° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 18:28–18:29 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 17° up in the SE Disappears SE, 17° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:23 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears ESE, 37° up Highest 37° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:16–19:17 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 21° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 21° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 05:09–05:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SW, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:28–18:32 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 89° up in the W Disappears NE, 46° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 17:41–17:47 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:20–19:20 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 11° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:30–18:35 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears N, 13° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:42–17:48 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 40° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Tainan (Asia/Taipei). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Tainan: 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 Taiwan
Taipei · New Taipei City · Taichung · Kaohsiung
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.