When can I see the ISS over Athens tonight?

The next ISS pass over Athens starts at 01:58 local time on Tuesday 25 Aug, reaching 19° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Tuesday 25 Aug at 05:14, reaching 11°.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Athens — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Athens, Greece for the next 3 days, in local Athens time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Athens

Tuesday 25 Aug · 05:14 · 11°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Athens: Wed 26 Aug, 04:24

We'll email you the day before — and before every genuinely visible pass after that. Most crossings happen in daylight; we skip those.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Tuesday 25 Aug	01:58	19°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Tuesday 25 Aug	03:34	39°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 25 Aug	05:14	11°	~2 min	possible
Tuesday 25 Aug	08:28	19°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 25 Aug	10:04	59°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	01:12	11°	~2 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 26 Aug	02:46	69°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 26 Aug	04:24	14°	~4 min	possible
Wednesday 26 Aug	07:40	14°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	09:16	73°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	10:55	10°	~1 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	01:58	63°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 27 Aug	03:36	18°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

When will the International Space Station pass over Athens?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Athens above 10° in the next 10 days: 51. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 8.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Athens is on Tuesday 25 Aug at 01:58 local time, reaching 19° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Tuesday 25 Aug at 05:14 (11° above the horizon).

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. Daytime passes in the table are invisible to the eye.
Athens sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.