When can I see the ISS over Boston tonight?

The next ISS pass over Boston starts at 06:36 local time on Sunday 11 Oct, reaching 14° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Wednesday 14 Oct at 05:49, reaching 23°.

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 Boston — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Boston

Wednesday 14 Oct · 05:49 · 23°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Boston: Thu 15 Oct, 05:03

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
Sunday 11 Oct	06:36	14°	~4 min	☀ daylight

Sunday 11 Oct	08:10	72°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 11 Oct	09:48	21°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 11 Oct	11:26	18°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 11 Oct	13:03	39°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 11 Oct	14:40	30°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Monday 12 Oct	07:23	66°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Monday 12 Oct	09:01	26°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Monday 12 Oct	10:39	17°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Monday 12 Oct	12:16	29°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Monday 12 Oct	13:53	50°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 13 Oct	06:36	38°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 13 Oct	08:13	33°	~6 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Boston?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Boston above 10° in the next 10 days: 57. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 9.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Boston is on Sunday 11 Oct at 06:36 local time, reaching 14° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Wednesday 14 Oct at 05:49 (23° 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.
Boston sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.