When to see the ISS from Whakatane, New Zealand
When the International Space Station next crosses the sky over Whakatane, in local time, from its latest orbital elements. At 38° S, it can pass straight overhead.
Next passes · worked out at
Next visible pass: tomorrow evening at 20:54.
It stays low: it rises in the west, reaches 12° and sets in the north-west 2 minutes later, so look for a clear view that way.
It is the only visible pass over Whakatane in the next three days.
- Friday, October 3020:54–20:57west to north-west, up to 12°
Times are Whakatane time (GMT+13). Predicted from the orbital elements of Oct 27, 19:43 UTC. A pass needs a clear sky, and the times move when the station boosts its orbit.
Good to know
- A pass can be seen when the station is still in sunlight while the sky over Whakatane is dark, in the hours after sunset or before dawn. It looks like a bright, steady star crossing the sky in a few minutes.
- The times are predicted from the latest published orbital elements, not observed, and cloud isn’t taken into account.
- Passes are counted from 10° above the horizon, where buildings and haze stop hiding them.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Where is the ISS now?, Satellite tracker, Day and night, live
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