When can I see the ISS over Milwaukee tonight?

The next ISS pass over Milwaukee starts at 04:50 local time on Friday 16 Oct, reaching 14° above the horizon — and it is visible to the naked eye.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Milwaukee — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Milwaukee, USA for the next 3 days, in local Milwaukee time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Milwaukee

Friday 16 Oct · 04:50 · 14°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Milwaukee: Fri 16 Oct, 06:25

We'll email you the day before — and before every genuinely visible pass after that. Most crossings happen in daylight; we skip those.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Friday 16 Oct	04:50 visible 04:52–04:54	14°	~4 min	possible

Friday 16 Oct	06:25	78°	~7 min	★ good
Friday 16 Oct	08:03	23°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	09:41	20°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	11:17	47°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	12:55	25°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	05:38	64°	~7 min	★ good
Saturday 17 Oct	07:15	27°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	08:53	19°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	10:30	34°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	12:07	40°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	04:51	38°	~7 min	★ good
Sunday 18 Oct	06:28	35°	~6 min	★ good

When will the International Space Station pass over Milwaukee?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Milwaukee above 10° in the next 10 days: 55. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 15.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Milwaukee is on Friday 16 Oct at 04:50 local time, reaching 14° above the horizon. That is also the next one you can see with the naked eye.

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. Daytime passes in the table are invisible to the eye.
Milwaukee sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.