When can I see the ISS over Rotterdam tonight?

The next ISS pass over Rotterdam starts at 06:29 local time on Monday 19 Oct, reaching 31° above the horizon — and it is visible to the naked eye.

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 Rotterdam — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Rotterdam

Monday 19 Oct · 06:29 ★ · 31°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Rotterdam: Tue 20 Oct, 05:42

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
Monday 19 Oct	06:29 visible 06:31–06:35	31°	~6 min	★ good
Monday 19 Oct	08:06	79°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	09:42	73°	~7 min	☀ daylight

Monday 19 Oct	11:19	29°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	05:42	23°	~6 min	possible
Tuesday 20 Oct	07:18	67°	~7 min	★ good
Tuesday 20 Oct	08:55	83°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	10:32	39°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	12:11	10°	~1 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	04:56	17°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 21 Oct	06:31	53°	~7 min	★ good
Wednesday 21 Oct	08:08	88°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	09:44	50°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	11:22	15°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 22 Oct	04:10	11°	~2 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

When will the International Space Station pass over Rotterdam?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Rotterdam above 10° in the next 10 days: 50. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 17.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Rotterdam is on Monday 19 Oct at 06:29 local time, reaching 31° above the horizon. That is also the next one you can see with the naked eye.

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. 1 good window in the next 3 days (marked ★).
Rotterdam is outside the ISS's ±51.6° orbital band, so it always appears toward the horizon rather than overhead.

🔭 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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