When can I see the ISS over Tokyo tonight?

The next ISS pass over Tokyo starts at 02:41 local time on Wednesday 26 Aug, reaching 11° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Tuesday 1 Sept at 04:21, reaching 16°.

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 Tokyo — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Tokyo

Tuesday 1 Sept · 04:21 · 16°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Tokyo: Wed 2 Sept, 03:34

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	02:41	11°	~2 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 26 Aug	07:32	41°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	09:10	16°	~4 min	☀ daylight

Thursday 27 Aug	00:13	70°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 27 Aug	01:51	15°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 27 Aug	06:44	25°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	08:21	28°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	23:25	35°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 28 Aug	01:02	22°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 28 Aug	05:57	17°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	07:33	56°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	22:38	19°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 29 Aug	00:14	34°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 29 Aug	05:09	12°	~3 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 29 Aug	06:45	74°	~7 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Tokyo?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Tokyo above 10° in the next 10 days: 42. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 4.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Tokyo is on Wednesday 26 Aug at 02:41 local time, reaching 11° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Tuesday 1 Sept at 04:21 (16° 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.
Tokyo sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.