Kunming 昆明

25.04°N, 102.72°E · Asia/Shanghai · all times below are local

At 25.0°N the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 77° to the north-north-east and the sky stays properly dark for 10.1 hours.

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

The sky is properly dark from 19:52 to 05:58 (10.1 hours); Hubble makes its next visible pass at 20:09, reaching 46° to the north-north-west; Saturn is the highest planet at 66° to the west-south-west, around 23:16; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window

10.1h

sun below −18°

Next pass

21:16

Tiangong · NNE · 11°

Highest pass

77°

NNE

Moon lit

82%

87.2° peak

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

HubbleFri 30 Oct20:09–20:20 (12 min)46° NNWW → E

TiangongFri 30 Oct21:16–21:24 (8 min)11° NNENNW → ENE

HubbleFri 30 Oct21:49–22:00 (11 min)75° NNEWNW → E

ISSFri 30 Oct22:20–22:29 (9 min)16° ESES → ENE

TiangongFri 30 Oct22:52–23:02 (10 min)77° NNENW → SE

HubbleFri 30 Oct23:28–23:39 (11 min)32° SSWW → SE

ISSSat 31 Oct23:56–00:06 (10 min)25° NWWSW → NNE

HubbleSat 31 Oct19:36–19:47 (11 min)47° NW → E

HubbleSat 31 Oct21:15–21:27 (12 min)71° NEWNW → E

TiangongSat 31 Oct21:52–22:02 (10 min)33° NNENW → ESE

HubbleSat 31 Oct22:55–23:06 (10 min)33° SSWW → SE

ISSSat 31 Oct23:08–23:18 (10 min)48° NNWSW → NE

TiangongSat 31 Oct23:29–23:38 (9 min)18° SWWNW → SSE

HubbleSun 01 Nov19:02–19:14 (12 min)47° NW → E

HubbleSun 01 Nov20:42–20:54 (12 min)71° NWNW → E

TiangongSun 01 Nov20:52–21:01 (9 min)18° NNENW → E

ISSSun 01 Nov22:20–22:31 (10 min)68° ESW → NE

HubbleSun 01 Nov22:22–22:33 (11 min)34° SSWW → SE

TiangongSun 01 Nov22:29–22:39 (10 min)41° SWWNW → SE

ISSMon 02 Nov06:33–06:42 (10 min)20° NENNW → ESE

TiangongMon 02 Nov19:53–20:01 (8 min)11° NNENNW → ENE

HubbleMon 02 Nov20:09–20:20 (11 min)70° NNEWNW → E

TiangongMon 02 Nov21:29–21:39 (10 min)71° NNWNW → SE

ISSMon 02 Nov21:33–21:43 (10 min)32° ESESSW → NE

HubbleMon 02 Nov21:49–22:00 (11 min)36° SSWW → SE

ISSMon 02 Nov23:10–23:19 (9 min)14° NWW → NNE

ISSTue 03 Nov05:46–05:54 (8 min)11° NENNW → E

HubbleTue 03 Nov19:36–19:47 (12 min)67° NNWWNW → E

TiangongTue 03 Nov20:29–20:39 (10 min)33° NENW → ESE

ISSTue 03 Nov20:46–20:55 (9 min)16° ESES → ENE

TiangongTue 03 Nov22:06–22:15 (9 min)18° SWWNW → SSE

ISSTue 03 Nov22:22–22:32 (10 min)25° NWWSW → NNE

ISSWed 04 Nov06:34–06:45 (10 min)77° NNENW → SE

TiangongWed 04 Nov19:29–19:39 (10 min)18° NNENW → E

TiangongWed 04 Nov21:06–21:16 (10 min)40° SWWNW → SE

ISSWed 04 Nov21:34–21:45 (10 min)48° NNWSW → NE

Tonight's timelineKunming · 18:28 → 07:16

Interactive plan →

Moon87° NW

Saturn66° WSW

Mars65° S

Jupiter58° SW

Venusbelow 10°

Mercurybelow 10°

18:2821:0223:3502:0904:4307:16

Best targetshighest first

01Saturn19:28–03:2266° WSWup 18:28–04:28

02Mars03:22–06:1665° Sup 02:16–07:16

03Jupiter03:52–06:1658° SWup 02:46–07:16

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.

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2026-10-30 · 7 次

20:09HubbleW → E · 11.5 分钟46° NNW

21:16TiangongNNW → ENE · 8 分钟11° NNE

21:49HubbleWNW → E · 11 分钟75° NNE

22:20ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟16° ESE

22:52TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟77° NNE

23:28HubbleW → SE · 11 分钟32° SSW

23:56ISSWSW → NNE · 10 分钟25° NW

2026-10-31 · 6 次

19:36HubbleW → E · 11 分钟47° N

21:15HubbleWNW → E · 11.5 分钟71° NE

21:52TiangongNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟33° NNE

22:55HubbleW → SE · 10.5 分钟33° SSW

23:08ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟48° NNW

23:29TiangongWNW → SSE · 9 分钟18° SW

2026-11-01 · 7 次

19:02HubbleW → E · 11.5 分钟47° N

20:42HubbleWNW → E · 11.5 分钟71° N

20:52TiangongNW → E · 9 分钟18° NNE

22:20ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟68° E

22:22HubbleW → SE · 11 分钟34° SSW

22:29TiangongWNW → SE · 10 分钟41° SW

06:33ISSNNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟20° NE

2026-11-02 · 7 次

19:53TiangongNNW → ENE · 8 分钟11° NNE

20:09HubbleWNW → E · 11 分钟70° NNE

21:29TiangongNW → SE · 10 分钟71° NNW

21:33ISSSSW → NE · 10 分钟32° ESE

21:49HubbleW → SE · 11 分钟36° SSW

23:10ISSW → NNE · 9 分钟14° NW

05:46ISSNNW → E · 8.5 分钟11° NE

2026-11-03 · 6 次

19:36HubbleWNW → E · 11.5 分钟67° NNW

20:29TiangongNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟33° NE

20:46ISSS → ENE · 9 分钟16° ESE

22:06TiangongWNW → SSE · 9 分钟18° SW

22:22ISSWSW → NNE · 10 分钟25° NW

06:34ISSNW → SE · 10.5 分钟77° NNE

2026-11-04 · 3 次

19:29TiangongNW → E · 9.5 分钟18° NNE

21:06TiangongWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟40° SW

21:34ISSSW → NE · 10.5 分钟48° NNW

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