Tiangong · Taipei
Tiangong passes over Taipei
The next visible Tiangong pass over Taipei starts on Wednesday 4 November at 17:56 local time. The station rises in the north-west, climbs to 14°, and sets towards the east after 9m 07s. Taipei gets 4 naked-eye passes in the next seven days.
Computed 01 Nov 2026 11:46 UTC from orbital data of 01 Nov 2026 00:08 UTC. Rebuilt every day.
Visible Tiangong passes over Taipei in the next seven days
| Date | Start | Peak | End | Duration | Max elev. | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 4 November | 17:56 | 18:01 | 18:05 | 9m 07s | 14° | NW → E |
| Friday 6 November | 17:33 | 17:38 | 17:43 | 9m 53s | 23° | NW → E |
| Saturday 7 November | 18:10 | 18:15 | 18:20 | 10m 26s | 72° | WNW → SE |
| Sunday 8 November | 18:47 | 18:51 | 18:56 | 8m 52s | 13° | WNW → SSE |
All times local, 24-hour clock. Only passes with the Sun at least 6° below the horizon and the station itself sunlit are listed — the ones you can actually see.
The best pass of the week is on Saturday 7 November: rising at 18:10 in the WNW, peaking at 72° in the SW around 18:15, over by 18:20. That is the one to put a reminder on.
Why Tiangong is a good target from Taipei
Tiangong's orbit is inclined 41.47°, so its ground track never reaches further north than 41.5° latitude. Taipei sits close to that band, which is why the station regularly climbs to 70–90° here instead of skimming the horizon the way it does from northern Europe. A near-overhead pass is not brighter, but it is longer, crosses the whole sky, and is far harder to miss behind a building or a tree.
At around 100 tonnes it is roughly a quarter of the ISS mass, and peaks at magnitude 0 to +1 rather than −4: a steady, unblinking point, dimmer than the ISS but unmistakable once you know where to look.
How the times are calculated
Every number comes from the current two-line element set, propagated with SGP4 and converted to the local horizon with a full topocentric correction. The element set used here is from 01 November 2026, 00:08 UTC. A TLE stays accurate for a few days; reboosts shift the times by seconds, so check the live tracker on the day itself.
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Questions
Can I see Tiangong from Taipei tonight?
Yes — the next visible pass is on Wednesday 4 November at 17:56 local time.
Is it brighter than the ISS?
No. The ISS reaches −4; Tiangong is about 0 to +1. What Tiangong has from China is altitude: more passes, higher in the sky.
Do I need binoculars?
No. Tiangong is a naked-eye object on any pass above ~30°; binoculars only make the dot slightly larger.