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).

WhenBrightnessWhere 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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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

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.