See the ISS from Tianjin, China
The International Space Station is visible from Tianjin 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:37 (very bright, 77° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:05 |
Very bright mag -3.0 |
Appears SSW, 42° up Highest 42° up in the SSW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:18–04:18 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears SE, 13° up Highest 13° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:20–19:20 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SW Disappears SW, 13° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:32–18:35 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 30° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:46–17:50 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SE Disappears E, 13° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:21–19:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 21° up in the W Disappears W, 21° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:33–18:37 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 77° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 64° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Tianjin (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Tianjin: 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
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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.