When is the ISS visible tonight?

Pick your city for tonight’s exact ISS pass times: when it appears, which way to look, how high it climbs, and the moment it vanishes into Earth’s shadow. Recomputed every day from the latest orbital elements.

• Tracking 100 upcoming launches
• 236 free city guides
• Data: Launch Library 2 + NOAA, updated daily

Big cities: tonight at a glance

• Los Angeles, CA: pass times updating
• San Diego, CA: pass times updating
• San Jose, CA: pass times updating
• Philadelphia, PA: pass times updating
• Washington, DC: pass times updating
• Baltimore, MD: pass times updating
• Jacksonville, FL: pass times updating
• Miami, FL: pass times updating
• Tampa, FL: pass times updating
• Orlando, FL: pass times updating

Why it disappears mid-sky

The ISS has no lights of its own: what you see is reflected sunlight. You can only spot it while your sky is dark but the satellite, 250+ miles up, is still catching the sun. The moment its orbit carries it into Earth’s shadow, it fades out within seconds, often high overhead, nowhere near the horizon. Most trackers leave you staring at an empty sky; the tables here print that exact fade-out moment, computed from the same twilight math we use for rocket-launch visibility.

If you relied on NASA’s Spot the Station email alerts (retired June 2025), we kept the idea alive: free ISS pass emails for your location. And every city page here shows a five-day table with the direction to look, peak height, brightness, and the exact moment the station slips into Earth’s shadow.

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