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Night Sky Visibility in United Kingdom

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Track upcoming passes of the International Space Station and Tiangong, plus moon phase and meteor activity across cities in United Kingdom. Viewing conditions vary by location — choose a city for precise local times.

ISS Visible Soon
594 / 594 cities
Night or twilight passes in next 36h.
Tiangong Visible Soon
148 / 594 cities
Night or twilight passes in next 36h.
Moon
Last Quarter (43%)
Same phase nationwide; rise/set varies by city.
Meteors
Quiet April Lyrids
Peak: April 22

Tonight / Next 36h Highlights

Fast summary for United Kingdom
ISS
Night
Best ISS viewing in the next 36 hours:
Time 20:19
Max Elevation30°
Tiangong
Night
Best Tiangong viewing in the next 36 hours:
Time 04:55
Max Elevation11°
Moon
Last Quarter
Current moon phase in United Kingdom:
Last Quarter (43%)
Age: 22.82 days
Rise and set times vary by city.
Meteors
Quiet
Quiet — next up: April Lyrids
Peak: April 22
Dark skies help — check the Bortle rating by city below.

City Forecasts

London

Twilight
Sky darkness9
Next Pass18:43
Max Elevation17°
Duration9 min

Birmingham

Twilight
Sky darkness7
Next Pass18:43
Max Elevation14°
Duration9 min

Glasgow

Night
Sky darkness7
Next Pass20:19
Max Elevation24°
Duration10 min

Manchester

Twilight
Sky darkness7
Next Pass18:44
Max Elevation12°
Duration8 min

Sheffield

Twilight
Sky darkness7
Next Pass18:44
Max Elevation12°
Duration8 min

Leeds

Twilight
Sky darkness7
Next Pass18:44
Max Elevation12°
Duration8 min

Edinburgh

Night
Sky darkness7
Next Pass20:19
Max Elevation24°
Duration10 min

Liverpool

Twilight
Sky darkness6
Next Pass18:43
Max Elevation11°
Duration8 min

Bristol

Twilight
Sky darkness6
Next Pass18:43
Max Elevation15°
Duration9 min

Top city table

City Next pass (local date & time) Visibility Max elev. Bortle
Portadown N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 3
Craigavon N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 4
Lisburn N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 4
Newry N/A Not visible — No pass 28° 3
Castlereagh N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 4
Omagh N/A Not visible — No pass 26° 3
Newtownabbey N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 4
Coleraine N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Bangor N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 4
Newtownards N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 3
Derry N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Carrickfergus N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 3
Renfrew N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Irvine N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Belfast N/A Not visible — No pass 27° 6
Whitehaven N/A Not visible — No pass 30° 3
Carlisle N/A Not visible — No pass 29° 4
Ballymena N/A Not visible — No pass 26° 3
Paisley N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Newton Mearns N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Vale of Leven N/A Not visible — No pass 23° 3
Kilmarnock N/A Not visible — No pass 25° 3
Dumfries N/A Not visible — No pass 28° 3
Ayr N/A Not visible — No pass 25° 3
East Kilbride N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Livingston N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Motherwell N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Stirling N/A Not visible — No pass 23° 3
Cambuslang N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Bathgate N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Bearsden N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Hamilton N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Musselburgh N/A Not visible — No pass 25° 3
Coatbridge N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Workington N/A Not visible — No pass 29° 3
Meikle Earnock N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Airdrie N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Rutherglen N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Clydebank N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Bishopbriggs N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Bellshill N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Cumbernauld N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Wishaw N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Dunfermline N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 4
Falkirk N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Alloa N/A Not visible — No pass 23° 3
Dundee N/A Not visible — No pass 23° 5
Glasgow N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 7
Kirkcaldy N/A Not visible — No pass 24° 3
Greenock N/A Not visible — No pass 23° 3
Tip: For exact directions and minute-by-minute timing, open any city page.

All Cities in United Kingdom

Browse city pages for exact pass times, elevation, and local viewing guidance.

London Birmingham Glasgow Manchester Sheffield Leeds Edinburgh Liverpool Bristol Cardiff Leicester Bradford Belfast Coventry Birkenhead Nottingham Islington Reading Kingston upon Hull Preston Swansea Newcastle upon Tyne Southend-on-Sea Brighton Derby Southampton Wolverhampton Plymouth Stoke-on-Trent Milton Keynes City of Westminster Northampton Oldham Luton Portsmouth Swindon Dudley Aberdeen Sutton St Helens Crawley Ipswich Wigan Croydon Warrington Walsall Mansfield Sunderland Ilford Slough Bournemouth Peterborough Oxford Newport Enfield Town York Telford Poole Harrow Huddersfield Dundee Blackburn Cambridge Blackpool Basildon Norwich Middlesbrough Bolton Stockport West Bromwich Hastings High Wycombe Gloucester Exeter Tottenham Salford Newcastle under Lyme Solihull Watford Saint Peters Burton upon Trent Colchester Eastbourne Rotherham Cheltenham Doncaster Chesterfield Chelmsford Wakefield Walthamstow Dagenham Basingstoke Maidstone Sutton Coldfield Bedford Woking Lincoln Worcester Bath Gillingham Worthing Rochdale Royal Leamington Spa Romford Harlow Nuneaton Darlington Southport Chester Stevenage Wembley Grays Harrogate Hartlepool Fulham Grimsby Cannock Hemel Hempstead St Albans Redditch South Shields Derry Weston-super-Mare Halifax Beckenham Edmonton Tamworth Scunthorpe Stockton-on-Tees Carlisle Gateshead Lisburn Paisley Shrewsbury Fylde Bracknell Crewe Chatham Hove Aylesbury East Kilbride Rugby Purley Guildford Barnsley Lowestoft Gosport Maidenhead Stafford Southall Uxbridge Royal Tunbridge Wells Folkestone Hounslow Chingford Finchley Wrexham Torquay Loughborough Cricklewood Kingswood Taunton Waterlooville Macclesfield Bognor Regis Newtownabbey Kettering Buckley Great Yarmouth Mitcham Runcorn Ashford Tonypandy Ellesmere Port Town Scarborough Widnes Aldershot Bury Bangor Barking Castleford Hereford Stroud Margate Welwyn Garden City Farnborough Rhondda Craigavon Wallasey Littlehampton Streatham Bootle Weymouth Fareham Morley Cheshunt Kidderminster Livingston Corby Dartford Castlereagh Dewsbury Stourbridge Sale Halesowen Canterbury Huyton Barry Hamilton Gravesend Eastleigh Meikle Earnock Acton Washington Braintree Brentwood Esher Reigate Dunstable Morecambe Cumbernauld Redhill Horsham Staines Batley Wellingborough Clacton-on-Sea Dunfermline Bletchley Keighley Hayes Paignton Bridgend Llanelli Kirkcaldy Bromsgrove Eltham Sittingbourne South Benfleet Banbury West Bridgford Morden Cwmbran Long Eaton Inverness Durham Northwich Perth Lancaster Tipton Kilmarnock Dumfries Banstead Ayr Neath King's Lynn Winchester Barrow in Furness Yeovil Middleton Havant Carshalton Hinckley Catford Salisbury Pontefract Willesden Coatbridge Sutton in Ashfield Grantham Merthyr Tydfil Great Sankey Ashton-under-Lyne Leigh Leatherhead Letchworth Garden City Newark on Trent Worksop Bury St Edmunds Kirkby Wallsend Redruth Welling Christchurch Andover Stretford Dover Hatfield Altrincham Coity Newburn Boston Lytham St Annes Greenock Bridgwater Urmston Wokingham Swadlincote Trowbridge Prescot Bexhill-on-Sea Bloxwich North Shields Shepherds Bush Skelmersdale Fleet Abingdon Tonbridge Ramsgate Ilkeston Glenrothes Coalville Surbiton Whitley Bay Greenford Stirling Arnold Houghton-Le-Spring Bishops Stortford Leyland Chadderton Rushden Leighton Buzzard Yeadon Blyth Eccles Warwick Redcar Airdrie Heston Peterlee Chester-le-Street Great Malvern Stratford Herne Bay Wilmslow Newton Abbot Mangotsfield Billericay Chipping Sodbury Hitchin Walkden Tyldesley Chippenham Billingham Pontypool Accrington Falkirk Briton Ferry Hoddesdon Bridlington Bentley Exmouth Yate Felling Colwyn Bay Radcliffe Totton Irvine Chorley Bicester Haywards Heath Wigston Magna Wednesfield Windsor Glossop Cramlington Pudsey Ebbw Vale Newbury Wickford Lichfield Brighouse Motherwell Darwen Wisbech Borehamwood Rayleigh Prestwich Cleethorpes Lower Earley Falmouth Hyde Thamesmead Chichester Barnstaple Spalding Epsom Rutherglen Aberdare Caerphilly Ruislip Saint Neots Canning Town Burgess Hill Beverley Deal Wishaw Pontypridd Winsford Harpenden Whitstable Camberley Barnet Bedworth Heswall Hucknall Egham Sevenoaks Kidsgrove Newtownards Didcot Nelson Burntwood Carrickfergus Felixstowe Kendal Consett Witney Ashton in Makerfield Cheadle Hulme Ballymena Stanford-le-Hope Bideford Rochester Shipley Wood Green Brierley Hill Muswell Hill Stratford-upon-Avon Sunbury-on-Thames Newry Ashington Cambuslang Kirkby in Ashfield Willenhall Burngreave Denton Cleckheaton Bearsden Jarrow Melton Mowbray Workington Haverhill Maghull Highbury Clydebank East Grinstead Flint Westhoughton Frome Congleton Camden Town Ryde Bishop Auckland Northolt Newton Aycliffe Rhyl Hertford Staveley Coleraine Farnworth Crowthorne Hawarden Bramhall Coulsdon Bartley Green St Austell Saddleworth Rhosllannerchrugog Fleetwood Witham Blackheath Elgin Pitsea Chalk Farm Whitehaven Skegness Selby Thetford Newton Mearns Vale of Leven Wednesbury Feltham Thatcham Hindley Plymstock Ormskirk Rugeley Golborne Gosforth Huntingdon Daventry Droitwich New Milton Ammanford Portishead Droylsden Arbroath Musselburgh Evesham Hanworth Whitefield Lofthouse Penarth Bishopbriggs Belper Formby Burnham-on-Sea Broadstairs Oadby Heanor Chapeltown Truro Litherland Market Harborough Royton Walton-on-Thames Wellington Woodford Green Stalybridge Seaford Alfreton Camborne Kenilworth Seaham Thornaby-on-Tees Sudbury Rawtenstall Retford Renfrew Portadown Berkhamsted Stanley Swanley Newton-le-Willows Rottingdean Amersham Hadley Wood Ossett Richmond Maldon Garston Speke Buxton Horley Cowes Barnes Dronfield Ripley Bathgate Omagh March Stowmarket Clevedon Maesteg Guiseley Bordon Caterham Wallington Gainsborough Goole Sandhurst Harwich East Dereham Bellshill Chesham Gerrards Cross Crowborough Stamford Gorseinon Failsworth Nailsea Isleworth Risca Halewood Alloa Newmarket Bingley Brownhills Yateley Hythe Newquay Sandown Atherton Colne Chalfont Saint Peter Ampthill Bowthorpe Chislehurst Kempston Hardwick Kingswinford Portslade Swinton

FAQ

When can I see the ISS from United Kingdom?

The ISS is visible when it passes overhead after sunset or before sunrise while still lit by the Sun. Check the city grid above — “Night” and “Twilight” are the best viewing categories.

What does “visible pass” mean?

A “visible” pass typically means the spacecraft is above your horizon and illuminated by sunlight while your sky is dark enough. Visibility improves with higher maximum elevation and darker skies (lower Bortle rating).

When can I see Tiangong from United Kingdom?

Tiangong visibility works the same way as the ISS: best near dawn or dusk when it’s sunlit and your sky is darker. Switch the view selector to “Tiangong Passes” to see upcoming opportunities by city.

What is the current moon phase in United Kingdom?

The current phase is Last Quarter with approximately 43% illumination. Moonrise and moonset times differ by city.

Are there active meteor showers in United Kingdom?

Current status: Quiet. The next notable shower is April Lyrids (peak April 22). For best results, choose a city with darker skies.

Do I need special equipment to see these events?

No. The ISS and most meteor showers are best viewed with the naked eye. Binoculars can help with Moon details.

How this works

Pass predictions depend on orbital paths and sunlight geometry — a spacecraft is easiest to see when it’s sunlit while your location is in twilight or night. Higher maximum elevation generally means a brighter, longer view. Real-world visibility can still be affected by clouds, haze, and light pollution.