When can I see the ISS over Harbin tonight?

The next ISS pass over Harbin starts at 02:22 local time on Tuesday 20 Oct, reaching 13° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Tuesday 20 Oct at 03:57, reaching 77°.

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 Harbin — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Harbin

Tuesday 20 Oct · 03:57 ★ · 77°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Harbin: Wed 21 Oct, 03:09

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Tuesday 20 Oct	02:22	13°	~3 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Tuesday 20 Oct	03:57	77°	~7 min	★ good
Tuesday 20 Oct	05:34	34°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	07:11	32°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	08:48	89°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	10:26	16°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	03:09	49°	~7 min	★ good
Wednesday 21 Oct	04:46	40°	~7 min	★ good
Wednesday 21 Oct	06:24	29°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	08:01	62°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	09:38	24°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 22 Oct	02:22	31°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 22 Oct	03:59	52°	~7 min	★ good

When will the International Space Station pass over Harbin?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Harbin above 10° in the next 10 days: 53. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 15.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Harbin is on Tuesday 20 Oct at 02:22 local time, reaching 13° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Tuesday 20 Oct at 03:57 (77° 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.
Harbin sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.

🔭 See it better — the rest of your night sky

You need nothing for the ISS: it is brighter than any star. A pair of binoculars is for everything else up there — Moon craters, Jupiter's moons, star clusters and the fainter satellites the eye misses.

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