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Dar es Salaam 达累斯萨拉姆

-6.79°S, 39.21°E · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam · all times below are local

At 6.8°S the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 80° to the south and the sky stays properly dark for 9.2 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 43 min ago

The sky is properly dark from 19:34 to 04:46 (9.2 hours); Tiangong makes its next visible pass at 01:12, reaching 80° to the south; Saturn is the highest planet at 82° to the east-north-east, around 22:28; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window
9.2h
sun below −18°
Next pass
01:12
Tiangong · S · 80°
Highest pass
80°
S
Moon lit
82%
54.9° peak
Satellite passes — next 14 days ISS · Tiangong · Hubble · above 10° under a dark sky
TiangongFri 30 Oct01:12–01:22 (10 min)80° SNW → SE
HubbleFri 30 Oct01:29–01:39 (10 min)26° NNENW → E
HubbleFri 30 Oct03:08–03:19 (11 min)39° SWWNW → SE
ISSFri 30 Oct20:15–20:25 (10 min)38° SESSW → NE
TiangongSat 31 Oct00:12–00:22 (10 min)31° NENNW → ESE
HubbleSat 31 Oct00:55–01:06 (11 min)25° NNENW → E
TiangongSat 31 Oct01:50–01:58 (8 min)12° SWW → SSE
HubbleSat 31 Oct02:35–02:46 (11 min)41° SSWWNW → SE
ISSSat 31 Oct19:28–19:37 (9 min)17° SES → ENE
ISSSat 31 Oct21:05–21:14 (9 min)15° WNWWSW → N
TiangongSat 31 Oct23:13–23:21 (8 min)13° NENNW → ESE
HubbleSun 01 Nov00:22–00:33 (10 min)23° NENW → E
TiangongSun 01 Nov00:49–00:58 (10 min)27° SWWNW → SSE
HubbleSun 01 Nov02:02–02:13 (11 min)43° SSWWNW → SE
ISSSun 01 Nov20:17–20:27 (10 min)32° WNWSW → NNE
TiangongSun 01 Nov23:49–23:59 (10 min)79° WNW → SE
HubbleSun 01 Nov23:49–00:00 (10 min)22° NNENW → E
HubbleMon 02 Nov01:28–01:39 (11 min)45° SWWNW → SE
ISSMon 02 Nov19:29–19:40 (10 min)77° WSWSW → NE
TiangongMon 02 Nov22:49–22:59 (10 min)32° NENNW → ESE
HubbleMon 02 Nov23:16–23:26 (10 min)21° NNENW → E
TiangongTue 03 Nov00:27–00:35 (8 min)12° SWW → SSE
HubbleTue 03 Nov00:55–01:06 (11 min)48° SSWWNW → SE
ISSTue 03 Nov18:42–18:52 (10 min)38° SESSW → NE
TiangongTue 03 Nov21:50–21:58 (8 min)13° NENNW → E
HubbleTue 03 Nov22:43–22:53 (10 min)20° NNENW → E
TiangongTue 03 Nov23:26–23:36 (10 min)27° SWWNW → SSE
HubbleWed 04 Nov00:22–00:33 (12 min)50° SWWNW → SE
ISSWed 04 Nov19:31–19:40 (9 min)15° WNWWSW → N
TiangongWed 04 Nov22:26–22:36 (10 min)73° WNW → SE
ISSThu 05 Nov18:43–18:53 (10 min)32° WNWSW → NNE
TiangongThu 05 Nov21:26–21:36 (10 min)32° NENNW → ESE
ISSTue 10 Nov04:49–04:59 (10 min)33° ENENNW → SE
ISSWed 11 Nov04:02–04:11 (9 min)15° ENEN → ESE
ISSThu 12 Nov04:50–05:00 (10 min)37° SWNW → SSE

Tonight's timelineDar es Salaam · 18:16 → 05:58

Interactive plan →
Moon55° E
Saturn82° ENE
Mars51° SE
Jupiter47° WSW
Mercury11°
Venus11°
18:1620:3722:5701:1703:3805:58
Best targetshighest first
01Saturn19:10–02:4682° ENEup 18:16–03:46
02Mars03:10–05:0451° SEup 02:04–05:58
03Jupiter03:28–05:0447° WSWup 02:28–05:58
04Mercuryup 18:1611° up 18:16–18:16

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

All 170 cities →
2026-10-29 · 2 次
01:12TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟80° S
01:29HubbleNW → E · 10.5 分钟26° NNE
2026-10-30 · 6 次
03:08HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟39° SW
20:15ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟38° SE
00:12TiangongNNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟31° NE
00:55HubbleNW → E · 11 分钟25° NNE
01:50TiangongW → SSE · 8 分钟12° SW
02:35HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟41° SSW
2026-10-31 · 6 次
19:28ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟17° SE
21:05ISSWSW → N · 9 分钟15° WNW
23:13TiangongNNW → ESE · 8.5 分钟13° NE
00:22HubbleNW → E · 10.5 分钟23° NE
00:49TiangongWNW → SSE · 9.5 分钟27° SW
02:02HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟43° SSW
2026-11-01 · 4 次
20:17ISSSW → NNE · 10 分钟32° WNW
23:49TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟79° W
23:49HubbleNW → E · 10.5 分钟22° NNE
01:28HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟45° SW
2026-11-02 · 5 次
19:29ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟77° WSW
22:49TiangongNNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟32° NE
23:16HubbleNW → E · 10.5 分钟21° NNE
00:27TiangongW → SSE · 8 分钟12° SW
00:55HubbleWNW → SE · 11 分钟48° SSW
2026-11-03 · 5 次
18:42ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟38° SE
21:50TiangongNNW → E · 8 分钟13° NE
22:43HubbleNW → E · 10.5 分钟20° NNE
23:26TiangongWNW → SSE · 9.5 分钟27° SW
00:22HubbleWNW → SE · 11.5 分钟50° SW
2026-11-04 · 2 次
19:31ISSWSW → N · 9 分钟15° WNW
22:26TiangongNW → SE · 9.5 分钟73° W
2026-11-05 · 2 次
18:43ISSSW → NNE · 10 分钟32° WNW
21:26TiangongNNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟32° NE
2026-11-10 · 1 次
04:49ISSNNW → SE · 10 分钟33° ENE
2026-11-11 · 1 次
04:02ISSN → ESE · 9 分钟15° ENE
2026-11-12 · 1 次
04:50ISSNW → SSE · 10.5 分钟37° SW

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