ISS TonightSee the ISS from Xi'an, China
The International Space Station is visible from Xi'an 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:35 (very bright, 86° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:05 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears ENE, 29° up Highest 29° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 06:36–06:40 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 17° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 12° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:51–05:54 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears SW, 31° up Highest 31° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:07 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SSE, 18° up Highest 18° up in the SSE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 20:05–20:05 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 11° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:18–19:20 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 39° up in the S Disappears S, 39° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:31–18:35 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SE Disappears E, 17° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 20:07–20:08 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 15° up in the W Disappears W, 15° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:19–19:23 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 45° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 43° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:31–18:37 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 86° up in the NW Disappears NE, 16° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Xi'an (Asia/Shanghai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Xi'an: 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
Shanghai · Chongqing · Chengdu · Beijing · Guangzhou · Shenzhen · Tianjin · Wuhan
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.