ISS TonightSee the ISS from Tokyo, Japan
The International Space Station is visible from Tokyo 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 04:30 (very bright, 85° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:33 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears W, 83° up Highest 85° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 03:45–03:45 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears ESE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears WSW, 12° up Highest 13° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSW, 17° up Highest 17° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 17:59–17:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 11° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:46–18:47 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 20° up in the SW Disappears SW, 20° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:59–18:02 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 45° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 44° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:11–17:17 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 12° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:48–18:50 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 22° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 22° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:00–18:04 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 49° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 34° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Tokyo (Asia/Tokyo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Tokyo: 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 Japan
Yokohama · Osaka · Nagoya · Sapporo · Fukuoka · Kawasaki · Kobe · Kyoto
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.