Fuzhou 福州

26.07°N, 119.30°E · Asia/Shanghai · all times below are local

At 26.1°N the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 79° to the south-south-west and the sky stays properly dark for 10.1 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 37 min ago

The sky is properly dark from 18:46 to 04:52 (10.1 hours); Hubble makes its next visible pass at 18:33, reaching 59° to the north; Saturn is the highest planet at 65° to the west-south-west, around 22:10; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window

10.1h

sun below −18°

Next pass

21:18

Tiangong · NE · 43°

Highest pass

79°

SSW

Moon lit

82%

88.2° peak

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

HubbleFri 30 Oct18:33–18:44 (11 min)59° NW → E

HubbleFri 30 Oct20:13–20:24 (12 min)70° NNEWNW → E

TiangongFri 30 Oct21:18–21:28 (10 min)43° NENW → ESE

HubbleFri 30 Oct21:53–22:04 (11 min)41° SSWW → ESE

ISSFri 30 Oct22:22–22:32 (10 min)67° NWSW → NE

TiangongFri 30 Oct22:55–23:04 (9 min)15° SWWNW → SSE

HubbleFri 30 Oct23:33–23:42 (9 min)10° SSWW → SSE

HubbleSat 31 Oct18:00–18:11 (11 min)59° NW → E

HubbleSat 31 Oct19:40–19:51 (12 min)69° NNWWNW → E

TiangongSat 31 Oct20:18–20:28 (10 min)23° NNENW → E

HubbleSat 31 Oct21:19–21:30 (11 min)42° SSWW → ESE

ISSSat 31 Oct21:34–21:44 (10 min)54° SESSW → NE

TiangongSat 31 Oct21:55–22:05 (10 min)31° SSWWNW → SE

HubbleSat 31 Oct23:00–23:09 (9 min)11° SSWW → SSE

ISSSat 31 Oct23:12–23:20 (8 min)10° NWW → NNE

HubbleSun 01 Nov19:07–19:18 (11 min)69° NNEWNW → E

TiangongSun 01 Nov19:19–19:27 (8 min)14° NNENW → E

HubbleSun 01 Nov20:46–20:57 (11 min)44° SSWW → ESE

ISSSun 01 Nov20:47–20:57 (10 min)25° SESSW → ENE

TiangongSun 01 Nov20:55–21:05 (10 min)79° SSWWNW → SE

ISSSun 01 Nov22:24–22:33 (10 min)17° NWWSW → NNE

HubbleSun 01 Nov22:27–22:35 (8 min)11° SSWW → SSE

ISSMon 02 Nov04:59–05:08 (9 min)12° NENNW → E

HubbleMon 02 Nov18:33–18:45 (12 min)65° NNWWNW → E

TiangongMon 02 Nov19:55–20:05 (10 min)44° NNENW → ESE

ISSMon 02 Nov20:00–20:09 (8 min)13° SES → ENE

TiangongMon 02 Nov21:33–21:41 (8 min)14° SWWNW → SSE

ISSMon 02 Nov21:36–21:46 (10 min)31° NWWSW → NNE

TiangongTue 03 Nov18:56–19:05 (9 min)23° NNENW → E

TiangongTue 03 Nov20:32–20:42 (10 min)32° SWWNW → SE

ISSTue 03 Nov20:48–20:58 (10 min)67° NWSW → NE

ISSWed 04 Nov05:00–05:10 (10 min)36° NENNW → ESE

TiangongWed 04 Nov17:56–18:05 (9 min)14° NNENW → E

TiangongWed 04 Nov19:32–19:42 (10 min)78° SWWNW → SE

ISSWed 04 Nov20:01–20:11 (10 min)54° SESSW → NE

ISSWed 04 Nov21:39–21:47 (8 min)10° NWW → NNE

Tonight's timelineFuzhou · 17:22 → 06:10

Interactive plan →

Moon88° WNW

Saturn65° WSW

Mars65° NW

Jupiter58° NW

Venusbelow 10°

Mercurybelow 10°

17:2219:5622:2901:0303:3706:10

Best targetshighest first

01Saturn18:22–02:1665° WSWup 17:22–03:22

02Mars02:16–05:1065° NWup 01:04–06:10

03Jupiter02:46–05:1058° NWup 01:34–06:10

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.

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2026-10-30 · 7 次

18:33HubbleW → E · 11 分钟59° N

20:13HubbleWNW → E · 11.5 分钟70° NNE

21:18TiangongNW → ESE · 10 分钟43° NE

21:53HubbleW → ESE · 11 分钟41° SSW

22:22ISSSW → NE · 10 分钟67° NW

22:55TiangongWNW → SSE · 9 分钟15° SW

23:33HubbleW → SSE · 9 分钟10° SSW

2026-10-31 · 8 次

18:00HubbleW → E · 11 分钟59° N

19:40HubbleWNW → E · 11.5 分钟69° NNW

20:18TiangongNW → E · 9.5 分钟23° NNE

21:19HubbleW → ESE · 11 分钟42° SSW

21:34ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟54° SE

21:55TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟31° SSW

23:00HubbleW → SSE · 9 分钟11° SSW

23:12ISSW → NNE · 8 分钟10° NW

2026-11-01 · 8 次

19:07HubbleWNW → E · 11 分钟69° NNE

19:19TiangongNW → E · 8.5 分钟14° NNE

20:46HubbleW → ESE · 11 分钟44° SSW

20:47ISSSSW → ENE · 10 分钟25° SE

20:55TiangongWNW → SE · 10 分钟79° SSW

22:24ISSWSW → NNE · 9.5 分钟17° NW

22:27HubbleW → SSE · 8.5 分钟11° SSW

04:59ISSNNW → E · 9 分钟12° NE

2026-11-02 · 5 次

18:33HubbleWNW → E · 11.5 分钟65° NNW

19:55TiangongNW → ESE · 10 分钟44° NNE

20:00ISSS → ENE · 8.5 分钟13° SE

21:33TiangongWNW → SSE · 8.5 分钟14° SW

21:36ISSWSW → NNE · 10 分钟31° NW

2026-11-03 · 4 次

18:56TiangongNW → E · 9 分钟23° NNE

20:32TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟32° SW

20:48ISSSW → NE · 10 分钟67° NW

05:00ISSNNW → ESE · 10 分钟36° NE

2026-11-04 · 4 次

17:56TiangongNW → E · 9 分钟14° NNE

19:32TiangongWNW → SE · 10 分钟78° SW

20:01ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟54° SE

21:39ISSW → NNE · 8 分钟10° NW

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