When can I see the ISS over Chennai tonight?

The next ISS pass over Chennai starts at 09:36 local time on Tuesday 25 Aug, reaching 17° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though.

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 Chennai — next pass times

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

🛰 Next visible ISS pass over Chennai: Fri 4 Sept, 19:42

Every pass before then crosses in daylight — nothing to see. We'll email you the day before this one.

🛰 Next visible ISS pass over Chennai: Fri 4 Sept, 19:42

Every pass before then crosses in daylight — nothing to see. We'll email you the day before this one.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Tuesday 25 Aug	09:36	17°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 25 Aug	11:12	16°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 25 Aug	22:54	20°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Wednesday 26 Aug	00:31	14°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 26 Aug	10:23	36°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	23:42	29°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 27 Aug	09:35	83°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	22:54	71°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 28 Aug	08:48	34°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	22:06	43°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 29 Aug	08:00	16°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 29 Aug	09:37	17°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 29 Aug	21:18	19°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 29 Aug	22:55	15°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Sunday 30 Aug	08:48	39°	~7 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Chennai?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Chennai above 10° in the next 10 days: 26. None of them falls in a dark sky, though: over Chennai the station passes either in daylight or already inside Earth's shadow, so it cannot be seen with the naked eye in that window.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Chennai is on Tuesday 25 Aug at 09:36 local time, reaching 17° 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.
Chennai sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.