Accra 阿克拉

5.60°N, 0.19°W · Africa/Accra · all times below are local

At 5.6°N the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 80° to the east-north-east and the sky stays properly dark for 9.6 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 1.4 h ago

The sky is properly dark from 18:58 to 04:34 (9.6 hours); ISS makes its next visible pass at 21:16, reaching 78° to the east-north-east; Saturn is the highest planet at 86° to the west-south-west, around 22:04; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window

9.6h

sun below −18°

Next pass

21:16

ISS · ENE · 78°

Highest pass

80°

ENE

Moon lit

82%

67.6° peak

Satellite passes — next 14 days ISS · Tiangong · Hubble · above 10° under a dark sky

ISSThu 29 Oct21:16–21:23 (6 min)78° ENESSW → NE

TiangongThu 29 Oct23:38–23:48 (10 min)61° NNENW → SE

HubbleFri 30 Oct23:57–00:08 (11 min)42° NNENW → ESE

HubbleFri 30 Oct01:37–01:47 (10 min)24° SSWW → SE

ISSFri 30 Oct20:25–20:35 (10 min)32° ESESSW → NE

TiangongFri 30 Oct22:39–22:48 (10 min)22° NENNW → ESE

HubbleFri 30 Oct23:24–23:35 (11 min)40° NENW → ESE

TiangongSat 31 Oct00:16–00:25 (9 min)15° SWWNW → SSE

HubbleSat 31 Oct01:03–01:14 (10 min)25° SSWW → SE

ISSSat 31 Oct19:38–19:47 (9 min)15° ESES → ENE

ISSSat 31 Oct21:15–21:24 (9 min)17° NWWSW → N

HubbleSat 31 Oct22:50–23:01 (11 min)38° NNENW → ESE

TiangongSat 31 Oct23:16–23:25 (10 min)39° SWWNW → SE

HubbleSun 01 Nov00:30–00:41 (10 min)26° SWW → SE

ISSSun 01 Nov20:27–20:37 (10 min)37° NWSW → NNE

TiangongSun 01 Nov22:16–22:26 (10 min)62° ENENW → SE

HubbleSun 01 Nov22:17–22:28 (11 min)36° NNENW → ESE

HubbleMon 02 Nov23:57–00:08 (11 min)27° SSWWNW → SE

ISSMon 02 Nov19:39–19:49 (10 min)80° ENESW → NE

TiangongMon 02 Nov21:16–21:25 (9 min)22° NENNW → ESE

HubbleMon 02 Nov21:44–21:55 (10 min)34° NENW → ESE

TiangongMon 02 Nov22:53–23:02 (8 min)15° SWWNW → SSE

HubbleMon 02 Nov23:24–23:34 (10 min)28° SSWWNW → SE

ISSTue 03 Nov18:52–19:02 (10 min)32° ESESSW → NE

HubbleTue 03 Nov21:11–21:22 (11 min)33° NNENW → ESE

TiangongTue 03 Nov21:53–22:02 (10 min)39° SWWNW → SE

HubbleTue 03 Nov22:50–23:01 (11 min)30° SSWWNW → SE

ISSWed 04 Nov18:05–18:14 (9 min)15° ESES → ENE

ISSWed 04 Nov19:41–19:50 (9 min)17° NWWSW → N

TiangongWed 04 Nov20:53–21:03 (10 min)64° NENW → SE

ISSThu 05 Nov18:53–19:03 (10 min)37° NWSW → NNE

TiangongThu 05 Nov19:53–20:02 (9 min)23° NENNW → ESE

TiangongThu 05 Nov21:30–21:39 (8 min)15° SWWNW → SSE

ISSFri 06 Nov04:51–05:00 (9 min)14° NEN → ESE

ISSFri 06 Nov18:05–18:16 (10 min)74° SSWSW → NE

TiangongFri 06 Nov20:30–20:39 (10 min)39° SWWNW → SSE

Tonight's timelineAccra · 17:40 → 05:46

Interactive plan →

Moon68° ENE

Saturn86° WSW

Mars59° SSE

Jupiter54° WSW

Mercury10°

Venusbelow 10°

17:4020:0522:3100:5603:2105:46

Best targetshighest first

01Saturn18:34–02:2286° WSWup 17:40–03:22

02Mars02:28–04:5259° SSEup 01:28–05:46

03Jupiter02:52–04:5254° WSWup 01:52–05:46

04Mercuryup 17:4010° up 17:40–17:40

At 82% illuminated the Moon is the brightest thing in the sky tonight and will wash out fainter targets while it is up. Look for the planets anyway — they cut through moonlight better than almost anything else.

How passes work

We track three objects bright enough to be worth going outside for: the ISS, China's Tiangong station and the Hubble Space Telescope. Each orbits at roughly 7.5 km/s and comes round every 90–95 minutes, but a pass only counts as visible when the object is sunlit while your sky is dark — which is why they cluster in the two hours after sunset and before sunrise.

Elevation is the angle above your horizon. 10° is easy to spot if you know where to look; 45° is unmistakable — brighter than any star, moving like an aircraft that makes no sound. The last column tells you where to look first and where it will disappear.

Hubble is far fainter than the two stations: treat it as a dark-sky target for people who already know the sky, not a first sighting.

Positions from SGP4 propagation of the current Celestrak TLEs, checked against your coordinates; accuracy a few kilometres, which for “is it over my head” is plenty. A stale TLE drifts by seconds, not by orbits.

Nearby citiesclosest by distance, each recomputed for its own coordinates

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2026-10-29 · 3 次

21:16ISSSSW → NE · 6.5 分钟78° ENE

23:38TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟61° NNE

23:57HubbleNW → ESE · 11 分钟42° NNE

2026-10-30 · 4 次

01:37HubbleW → SE · 10.5 分钟24° SSW

20:25ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟32° ESE

22:39TiangongNNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟22° NE

23:24HubbleNW → ESE · 11 分钟40° NE

2026-10-31 · 6 次

00:16TiangongWNW → SSE · 9 分钟15° SW

01:03HubbleW → SE · 10.5 分钟25° SSW

19:38ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟15° ESE

21:15ISSWSW → N · 9 分钟17° NW

22:50HubbleNW → ESE · 11 分钟38° NNE

23:16TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟39° SW

2026-11-01 · 5 次

00:30HubbleW → SE · 10.5 分钟26° SW

20:27ISSSW → NNE · 10 分钟37° NW

22:16TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟62° ENE

22:17HubbleNW → ESE · 11 分钟36° NNE

23:57HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟27° SSW

2026-11-02 · 5 次

19:39ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟80° ENE

21:16TiangongNNW → ESE · 9 分钟22° NE

21:44HubbleNW → ESE · 10.5 分钟34° NE

22:53TiangongWNW → SSE · 8.5 分钟15° SW

23:24HubbleWNW → SE · 10.5 分钟28° SSW

2026-11-03 · 4 次

18:52ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟32° ESE

21:11HubbleNW → ESE · 11 分钟33° NNE

21:53TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟39° SW

22:50HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟30° SSW

2026-11-04 · 3 次

18:05ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟15° ESE

19:41ISSWSW → N · 9 分钟17° NW

20:53TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟64° NE

2026-11-05 · 3 次

18:53ISSSW → NNE · 10 分钟37° NW

19:53TiangongNNW → ESE · 9 分钟23° NE

21:30TiangongWNW → SSE · 8.5 分钟15° SW

2026-11-06 · 3 次

04:51ISSN → ESE · 9 分钟14° NE

18:05ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟74° SSW

20:30TiangongWNW → SSE · 9.5 分钟39° SW

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