When can I see the ISS over Sydney tonight?

The next ISS pass over Sydney starts at 12:02 local time on Wednesday 26 Aug, reaching 32° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Wednesday 26 Aug at 18:35, reaching 12°.

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 Sydney — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Sydney

Wednesday 26 Aug · 18:35 · 12°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Sydney: Thu 27 Aug, 19:22

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
Wednesday 26 Aug	12:02	32°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	13:39	22°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	18:35 visible 18:35–18:36	12°	~3 min	possible

Wednesday 26 Aug	20:10	79°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 27 Aug	11:14	17°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	12:50	36°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	19:22	41°	~7 min	★ good
Thursday 27 Aug	21:00	15°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 28 Aug	12:02	64°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	13:42	11°	~2 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	18:34	25°	~6 min	★ good
Friday 28 Aug	20:11	27°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 29 Aug	11:14	60°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 29 Aug	12:52	15°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 29 Aug	17:47	16°	~5 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Sydney?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Sydney above 10° in the next 10 days: 40. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 7.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Sydney is on Wednesday 26 Aug at 12:02 local time, reaching 32° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Wednesday 26 Aug at 18:35 (12° 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.
Sydney sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.