The International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes or so at an altitude of 400km. When not in the Earth's shadow, the ISS is illuminated by the Sun and can be seen by Earth dwellers after sunset and before sunrise. The times below are for Bath, Somerset and are in local time.
Date | Mag | Start | Max | End |
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Sat 27 Apr | -1.1 | 03:40:36 look SSE alt 20° | 21° | 03:43:20 look E alt 10° |
Sun 28 Apr | -0.4 | 02:52:53 look ESE alt 12° | 12° | 02:53:20 look ESE alt 11° |
Sun 28 Apr | -2.6 | 04:25:42 look SW alt 19° | 52° | 04:31:03 look E alt 10° |
Mon 29 Apr | -2.0 | 03:38:00 look S alt 35° | 37° | 03:41:25 look E alt 11° |
Tue 30 Apr | -1.1 | 02:50:12 look ESE alt 22° | 22° | 02:52:00 look E alt 10° |
Tue 30 Apr | -3.0 | 04:23:08 look WSW alt 17° | 79° | 04:28:48 look E alt 11° |
Wed 01 May | -2.8 | 03:35:15 look SW alt 44° | 63° | 03:39:17 look E alt 10° |
Thu 02 May | -2.0 | 02:47:18 look ESE alt 37° | 37° | 02:49:42 look E alt 10° |
Thu 02 May | -3.1 | 04:20:06 look W alt 12° | 85° | 04:26:20 look E alt 11° |
Fri 03 May | -0.5 | 01:59:17 look E alt 15° | 15° | 01:59:49 look E alt 11° |
Fri 03 May | -3.0 | 03:32:03 look W alt 33° | 88° | 03:36:39 look E alt 11° |
Sat 04 May | -2.8 | 02:43:57 look ESE alt 68° | 68° | 02:46:55 look E alt 11° |
Sat 04 May | -3.1 | 04:17:06 look W alt 11° | 86° | 04:23:35 look E alt 11° |
Sun 05 May | -1.4 | 01:55:31 look E alt 26° | 26° | 01:57:08 look E alt 10° |
Sun 05 May | -3.0 | 03:28:22 look W alt 20° | 83° | 03:33:46 look E alt 11° |
Mon 06 May | -2.9 | 02:40:06 look W alt 60° | 87° | 02:43:53 look E alt 11° |
Mon 06 May | -3.0 | 04:14:04 look W alt 10° | 75° | 04:20:32 look ESE alt 11° |