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Denver 丹佛

39.74°N, 104.99°W · America/Denver · all times below are local

At 39.7°N the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 83° to the east-north-east and the sky stays properly dark for 10.3 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 38 min ago

The sky is properly dark from 19:40 to 05:58 (10.3 hours); Tiangong makes its next visible pass at 18:49, reaching 59° to the north-north-west; Mars is the highest planet at 61° to the south-south-east, around 06:22; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window
10.3h
sun below −18°
Next pass
18:49
Tiangong · NNW · 59°
Highest pass
83°
ENE
Moon lit
82%
77.3° peak
Satellite passes — next 14 days ISS · Tiangong · Hubble · above 10° under a dark sky
TiangongThu 29 Oct18:49–18:59 (10 min)59° NNWW → E
HubbleThu 29 Oct19:10–19:19 (10 min)13° SSW → ESE
TiangongThu 29 Oct20:26–20:36 (10 min)76° NWWNW → ESE
HubbleThu 29 Oct20:49–20:58 (10 min)14° SWSW → SE
TiangongThu 29 Oct22:03–22:12 (10 min)25° SSWW → SE
ISSThu 29 Oct23:07–23:16 (8 min)13° SES → ENE
ISSFri 30 Oct00:43–00:53 (10 min)68° NNWWSW → NE
ISSFri 30 Oct02:20–02:30 (10 min)16° NNWW → NE
ISSFri 30 Oct03:59–04:07 (8 min)11° NNW → ENE
ISSFri 30 Oct05:36–05:46 (10 min)22° NNENW → E
HubbleFri 30 Oct18:37–18:46 (10 min)13° SSW → ESE
TiangongFri 30 Oct19:26–19:36 (10 min)65° NNEW → E
HubbleFri 30 Oct20:16–20:25 (10 min)14° SWSW → SE
TiangongFri 30 Oct21:03–21:13 (10 min)42° SSWWNW → SE
ISSSat 31 Oct23:55–00:05 (10 min)68° SESW → NE
ISSSat 31 Oct01:32–01:42 (10 min)20° NNWW → NE
ISSSat 31 Oct03:11–03:19 (8 min)11° NWNW → NE
ISSSat 31 Oct04:48–04:58 (10 min)17° NNENW → E
ISSSat 31 Oct06:25–06:35 (10 min)75° NENW → SE
TiangongSat 31 Oct18:26–18:36 (10 min)60° NNEW → E
HubbleSat 31 Oct19:42–19:52 (10 min)14° SWSW → SE
TiangongSat 31 Oct20:03–20:13 (10 min)64° SSEWNW → ESE
TiangongSat 31 Oct21:40–21:49 (8 min)15° SWW → SSE
ISSSat 31 Oct23:08–23:18 (10 min)37° SESSW → ENE
ISSSun 01 Nov00:45–00:55 (10 min)27° NNWW → NE
TiangongSun 01 Nov18:03–18:13 (10 min)83° ENEWNW → ESE
HubbleSun 01 Nov18:09–18:19 (10 min)14° SWSW → SE
TiangongSun 01 Nov19:40–19:49 (9 min)25° SSWW → SE
HubbleMon 02 Nov17:36–17:46 (10 min)14° SWSW → SE
TiangongMon 02 Nov18:40–18:50 (10 min)41° SWNW → SE
TiangongTue 03 Nov17:40–17:50 (10 min)67° SWNW → ESE

Tonight's timelineDenver · 18:10 → 07:28

Interactive plan →
Moon77° SE
Mars61° SSE
Jupiter55° SW
Saturn52° SW
Venusbelow 10°
Mercurybelow 10°
18:1020:5023:2902:0904:4907:28
Best targetshighest first
01Mars03:04–06:2261° SSEup 01:46–07:28
02Jupiter03:40–06:2255° SWup 02:22–07:28
03Saturn19:16–02:5252° SWup 18:10–04:10

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 →
2026-10-30 · 10 次
18:49TiangongW → E · 9.5 分钟59° NNW
19:10HubbleSW → ESE · 9.5 分钟13° S
20:26TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟76° NW
20:49HubbleWSW → SE · 9.5 分钟14° S
22:03TiangongW → SE · 9.5 分钟25° SSW
23:07ISSS → ENE · 8.5 分钟13° SE
00:43ISSWSW → NE · 10 分钟68° NNW
02:20ISSW → NE · 9.5 分钟16° NNW
03:59ISSNW → ENE · 8.5 分钟11° N
05:36ISSNW → E · 10 分钟22° NNE
2026-10-31 · 9 次
18:37HubbleSW → ESE · 9.5 分钟13° S
19:26TiangongW → E · 10 分钟65° NNE
20:16HubbleWSW → SE · 9.5 分钟14° S
21:03TiangongWNW → SE · 10 分钟42° SSW
23:55ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟68° SE
01:32ISSW → NE · 10 分钟20° NNW
03:11ISSWNW → NE · 8.5 分钟11° N
04:48ISSNW → E · 9.5 分钟17° NNE
06:25ISSNW → SE · 10.5 分钟75° NE
2026-11-01 · 6 次
18:26TiangongW → E · 10 分钟60° NNE
19:42HubbleWSW → SE · 9.5 分钟14° S
20:03TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟64° SSE
21:40TiangongW → SSE · 8.5 分钟15° SW
23:08ISSSSW → ENE · 10 分钟37° SE
00:45ISSW → NE · 10 分钟27° NNW
2026-11-02 · 3 次
18:03TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟83° ENE
18:09HubbleWSW → SE · 9.5 分钟14° S
19:40TiangongW → SE · 9 分钟25° SSW
2026-11-03 · 2 次
17:36HubbleWSW → SE · 9.5 分钟14° S
18:40TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟41° S
2026-11-04 · 1 次
17:40TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟67° S

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