ISS TonightSee the ISS from Washington, United States
The International Space Station is visible from Washington 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 17:59 (very bright, 65° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:12–05:15 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears WSW, 43° up Highest 44° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 04:27–04:28 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SE, 21° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:15–05:15 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SSW, 12° up Highest 12° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:42–18:44 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the S Disappears S, 26° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:55–17:59 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 17° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:31–19:32 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the W Disappears W, 14° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:43–18:46 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 66° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 66° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:56–18:01 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 65° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 22° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:33–19:34 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 12° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Washington (America/New York). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Washington: 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.
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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.