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ISS Over Washington DC — Next Passes & Live Cameras

The next pass worth watching peaks at Wed, Oct 28, 6:07 AM Washington DC time. Times computed from the station's real orbital elements — free, no signup.

Wed, Oct 28, 1:14 AM

the next pass over Washington DC (peak, local time)

Wed, Oct 28, 6:07 AM

the next visible pass — dark sky, station lit

369

public cameras within 25 km of central Washington DC

The space station passes over Washington DC on a rhythm set by its orbit — a few crossings a day above the horizon, of which only some arrive in the magic configuration: your sky dark, the station still in sunlight 420 kilometres up, shining like a slow meteor that never burns. The table below computes every crossing of the next 72 hours from the station's current orbital elements and labels each with its true prospects, so the pass you plan around is the pass that will actually show.

The elements behind this table are dated 2026-10-27 (their TLE epoch) and the table is recomputed hourly, so the times age with the orbit's own accuracy — good to the second for days ahead, drifting slowly after. As this page was built, the station stood at 22.1° N, 93.2° W, 418 km up — already somewhere else by the time you read this, which is rather the point of a live tracker.

Below the table: Washington DC from the ground. 369 public cameras within 25 km of the city centre — the streets the station crosses over, on the same page as the sky it crosses. For the station itself, live, the tracker follows it around the globe in real time.

The next passes over Washington DC

Every crossing above 10 degrees in the next 72 hours, times in Washington DC local time. Rise and set are the moments the station crosses 10 degrees; the peak is its highest point.

Peaks Wed, Oct 28, 1:14 AM — 66° max elevationRises Wed, Oct 28, 1:10 AM · sets Wed, Oct 28, 1:17 AM · above 10° for 7 minIn Earth's shadow at peak — not visible

Peaks Wed, Oct 28, 2:51 AM — 20° max elevationRises Wed, Oct 28, 2:48 AM · sets Wed, Oct 28, 2:53 AM · above 10° for 5 minIn Earth's shadow at peak — not visible

Peaks Wed, Oct 28, 6:07 AM — 14° max elevationRises Wed, Oct 28, 6:05 AM · sets Wed, Oct 28, 6:08 AM · above 10° for 4 minVisible — dark sky, station in sunlight

Peaks Wed, Oct 28, 7:44 AM — 57° max elevationRises Wed, Oct 28, 7:41 AM · sets Wed, Oct 28, 7:47 AM · above 10° for 7 minDaylight pass — station lit but the sky is bright

Peaks Wed, Oct 28, 9:20 AM — 15° max elevationRises Wed, Oct 28, 9:18 AM · sets Wed, Oct 28, 9:22 AM · above 10° for 4 minDaylight pass — station lit but the sky is bright

Peaks Thu, Oct 29, 12:26 AM — 36° max elevationRises Thu, Oct 29, 12:23 AM · sets Thu, Oct 29, 12:29 AM · above 10° for 6 minIn Earth's shadow at peak — not visible

Peaks Thu, Oct 29, 2:03 AM — 27° max elevationRises Thu, Oct 29, 2:00 AM · sets Thu, Oct 29, 2:06 AM · above 10° for 6 minIn Earth's shadow at peak — not visible

Peaks Thu, Oct 29, 3:41 AM — 11° max elevationRises Thu, Oct 29, 3:40 AM · sets Thu, Oct 29, 3:41 AM · above 10° for 2 minIn Earth's shadow at peak — not visible

Computed with SGP4 from the station's CelesTrak elements (epoch 2026-10-27), refreshed hourly. Watch the station live on the globe →

Washington DC from the ground — live cameras

Every public camera in the directory within 25 km of central Washington DC, nearest first — the streets under the passes. These are street-level cameras; none is an ISS camera, and the sky is yours to watch with your own eyes.

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How to watch a pass over Washington DC

1Choose a pass labelled visible from the table — dark sky, station in sunlight.
2Be outside at the rise time, facing open sky; a peak above 40 degrees needs no particular direction — it will cross the whole sky.
3Look for a bright, steady light moving fast and silently, with no blinking — aircraft blink; the station does not.
4It brightens as it climbs and, on eclipsed exits, can vanish mid-sky as it enters Earth's shadow — the table's label tells you if this pass ends that way at its peak.
5Missed it? Passes come in runs across consecutive evenings and mornings — the 72-hour table holds the next chance.

ISS over Washington DC — FAQ

When does the ISS pass over Washington DC next?+

The next pass above 10 degrees peaks at Wed, Oct 28, 1:14 AM (Washington DC time), reaching 66 degrees. The next pass worth setting an alarm for — dark sky, station in sunlight — peaks at Wed, Oct 28, 6:07 AM. Times are computed from the station's current orbital elements and refreshed hourly.

How are these times computed?+

WorldEye fetches the ISS's current two-line element set from CelesTrak — the same feed as the globe's satellites layer — and propagates it with SGP4, the standard orbital model, converting future positions into rise, peak and set times for this city's coordinates. Rise and set are bisected to the second at the 10-degree threshold. It is a computation from the station's real elements, not a copied schedule.

What do the labels mean?+

Visible: at the pass's peak the sun is more than 6 degrees below your horizon and the station is out of Earth's shadow — the classic bright crossing, the one to watch. Twilight: the station is lit but the sky is not yet fully dark. Daylight: a real pass, but the sky is bright — you will not see it unaided. Eclipsed: at peak the station is inside Earth's shadow and reflects no sunlight at all; those passes are listed so the gaps in the visible list are explained rather than hidden.

Why pair the passes with Washington DC's cameras?+

Because the station crosses the sky over a real city, and this is that city from street level: 369 public cameras within 25 km of the centre, the same wall the Washington DC city page serves. The cameras watch the streets; the table watches the sky; together they are the whole vertical slice of the place. No street camera here is pointed at the sky as an ISS camera — the page does not claim one.

Is this free?+

Yes — the pass table and every camera on this page are free to open on WorldEye, no account, no signup.

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