Chongqing 重庆

29.56°N, 106.55°E · Asia/Shanghai · all times below are local

At 29.6°N the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 76° to the south-south-west and the sky stays properly dark for 10.2 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 49 min ago

The sky is properly dark from 19:34 to 05:46 (10.2 hours); Tiangong makes its next visible pass at 19:38, reaching 11° to the north; Mars is the highest planet at 64° to the north-north-east, around 06:04; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window

10.2h

sun below −18°

Next pass

19:38

Tiangong · N · 11°

Highest pass

76°

SSW

Moon lit

82%

88.2° peak

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

TiangongFri 30 Oct19:38–19:47 (8 min)11° NNW → ENE

HubbleFri 30 Oct20:10–20:21 (12 min)74° SSWW → E

TiangongFri 30 Oct21:15–21:25 (10 min)28° NNENW → E

HubbleFri 30 Oct21:49–22:00 (11 min)42° SSWW → ESE

ISSFri 30 Oct22:21–22:30 (9 min)16° ESES → ENE

TiangongFri 30 Oct22:52–23:02 (10 min)32° SWWNW → SE

HubbleFri 30 Oct23:29–23:39 (10 min)14° SSWW → SSE

ISSSat 31 Oct23:57–00:07 (10 min)29° NWWSW → NNE

ISSSat 31 Oct06:31–06:40 (9 min)17° NENNW → E

HubbleSat 31 Oct19:37–19:48 (11 min)75° SW → E

TiangongSat 31 Oct20:15–20:24 (9 min)18° NNENW → E

HubbleSat 31 Oct21:16–21:27 (11 min)43° SSWW → ESE

TiangongSat 31 Oct21:52–22:02 (10 min)68° SWNW → SE

HubbleSat 31 Oct22:56–23:06 (10 min)14° SSWW → SSE

ISSSat 31 Oct23:09–23:20 (10 min)55° NNWSW → NE

ISSSun 01 Nov05:44–05:52 (8 min)10° NNENNW → E

HubbleSun 01 Nov19:03–19:15 (12 min)71° SEW → E

TiangongSun 01 Nov19:16–19:24 (8 min)13° NNENW → ENE

HubbleSun 01 Nov20:43–20:54 (12 min)44° SSWW → ESE

TiangongSun 01 Nov20:52–21:02 (10 min)51° NENW → ESE

ISSSun 01 Nov22:22–22:32 (10 min)65° ESW → NE

HubbleSun 01 Nov22:23–22:33 (10 min)15° SSWW → SE

TiangongSun 01 Nov22:29–22:38 (9 min)15° SWWNW → SSE

ISSMon 02 Nov00:00–00:08 (8 min)11° NNWW → NNE

ISSMon 02 Nov06:32–06:43 (10 min)50° ENENW → SE

HubbleMon 02 Nov18:30–18:41 (11 min)76° SSWW → E

TiangongMon 02 Nov19:52–20:02 (10 min)28° NNENW → E

HubbleMon 02 Nov20:10–20:21 (11 min)45° SSWW → ESE

TiangongMon 02 Nov21:29–21:39 (10 min)31° SWWNW → SE

ISSMon 02 Nov21:35–21:45 (10 min)31° ESESSW → NE

HubbleMon 02 Nov21:50–21:59 (10 min)15° SSWW → SE

ISSMon 02 Nov23:12–23:21 (10 min)17° NWW → NNE

ISSTue 03 Nov05:45–05:55 (10 min)27° NENNW → ESE

TiangongTue 03 Nov18:53–19:02 (9 min)18° NNENW → E

TiangongTue 03 Nov20:29–20:39 (10 min)72° SSWWNW → SE

ISSTue 03 Nov20:48–20:57 (9 min)16° ESES → ENE

Tonight's timelineChongqing · 18:10 → 07:04

Interactive plan →

Moon88° WSW

Mars64° NNE

Saturn62° SSE

Jupiter58° WNW

Venusbelow 10°

Mercurybelow 10°

18:1020:4523:2001:5504:2907:04

Best targetshighest first

01Mars03:04–06:0464° NNEup 01:52–07:04

02Saturn19:10–03:0462° SSEup 18:10–04:16

03Jupiter03:34–06:0458° WNWup 02:22–07:04

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.

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ChengduChina · 10.2h darkTiangong 19:38 · 12°GuiyangChina · 10.2h darkHubble 20:10 · 63°Xi'anChina · 10.3h darkISS 05:41 · 11°KunmingChina · 10.1h darkHubble 20:09 · 46°

2026-10-30 · 9 次

19:38TiangongNW → ENE · 8.5 分钟11° N

20:10HubbleW → E · 11.5 分钟74° SSW

21:15TiangongNW → E · 9.5 分钟28° NNE

21:49HubbleW → ESE · 11 分钟42° SSW

22:21ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟16° ESE

22:52TiangongWNW → SE · 10 分钟32° SW

23:29HubbleW → SSE · 9.5 分钟14° SSW

23:57ISSWSW → NNE · 10 分钟29° NW

06:31ISSNNW → E · 9 分钟17° NE

2026-10-31 · 7 次

19:37HubbleW → E · 11 分钟75° S

20:15TiangongNW → E · 9 分钟18° NNE

21:16HubbleW → ESE · 11 分钟43° SSW

21:52TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟68° S

22:56HubbleW → SSE · 9.5 分钟14° SSW

23:09ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟55° NNW

05:44ISSNNW → E · 8.5 分钟10° NNE

2026-11-01 · 9 次

19:03HubbleW → E · 11.5 分钟71° SE

19:16TiangongNW → ENE · 8.5 分钟13° NNE

20:43HubbleW → ESE · 11.5 分钟44° SSW

20:52TiangongNW → ESE · 10 分钟51° NE

22:22ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟65° E

22:23HubbleW → SE · 10 分钟15° SSW

22:29TiangongWNW → SSE · 9 分钟15° SW

00:00ISSW → NNE · 8.5 分钟11° NNW

06:32ISSNW → SE · 10.5 分钟50° ENE

2026-11-02 · 8 次

18:30HubbleW → E · 11 分钟76° SSW

19:52TiangongNW → E · 9.5 分钟28° NNE

20:10HubbleW → ESE · 11 分钟45° SSW

21:29TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟31° SW

21:35ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟31° ESE

21:50HubbleW → SE · 9.5 分钟15° SSW

23:12ISSW → NNE · 9.5 分钟17° NW

05:45ISSNNW → ESE · 10 分钟27° NE

2026-11-03 · 3 次

18:53TiangongNW → E · 9 分钟18° NNE

20:29TiangongWNW → SE · 10 分钟72° SSW

20:48ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟16° ESE

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