See the ISS from Wuhan, China

The International Space Station is visible from Wuhan 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 18:33 (very bright, 73° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:03–05:06
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears NNE, 34° up
Highest 37° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:18–04:18
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears E, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the E
Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:51–05:55
Bright
mag -2.6
Appears W, 17° up
Highest 26° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:06–05:08
Bright
mag -2.8
Appears S, 40° up
Highest 40° up in the S
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
19:17–19:17
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the S
Disappears S, 15° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:30–18:32
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 18° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 18° up
Mon 9 Nov
19:18–19:20
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 39° up in the W
Disappears W, 39° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:30–18:35
Very bright
mag -3.9
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 73° up in the SE
Disappears NE, 28° up
Wed 11 Nov
19:20–19:23
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 17° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:32–18:37
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 28° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 14° up

Times are local to Wuhan (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Wuhan: 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.