Satellites Tonight

Can I see Starlink tonight in Toowoomba, Queensland?

No visible passes tonight.

Next good chance: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:23 am, looking north-northwest.

Updated Times in local time (AEST)-27.56°, 151.95°
Next pass · Wednesday 14 Oct
Appears
4:23 am
north-northwest, 17°
Highest
4:24 am
26° north-northeast
Fades
4:26 am
east, 11°
NESW
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1 satellitesLaunch 2026-225 · 28 September 2026

The next 8 nights at a glance

7 visible passes
dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)

Pass times, night by night

start · path · brightness

Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct

dark 6:20 pm – 5:00 am
No visible passes tonight.

Thursday 8 Oct – Sunday 11 Oct

no visible passes

Monday 12 Oct

dark 6:22 pm – 4:55 am
4:34 amto 4:38 am · 4 min
NNW → ENE, highest 19° NNEappears north-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
4:52 amto 4:55 am · 3 min
NW → NNE, highest 26° NNEappears northwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2

Tuesday 13 Oct

dark 6:23 pm – 4:54 am
3:40 amto 4:07 am · 28 min
NE → NE, highest 19° NNEappears northeast at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 24
4:23 amto 4:26 am · 4 min
NNW → E, highest 26° NNEappears north-northwest at 17°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
4:52 amto 4:54 am · 2 min
NW → NW, highest 27° NWappears northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1

Wednesday 14 Oct

dark 6:24 pm – 4:52 am
3:59 amto 4:31 am · 32 min
NNE → E, highest 48° NNEappears north-northeast at 29°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 24
4:36 amto 4:40 am · 5 min
WNW → E, highest 59° NEappears west-northwest at 18°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1

Magnitude is an estimate (lower = brighter; 3 is easy, 5 needs a dark sky). Predictions for satellites that are still raising their orbits can shift by a few minutes from one update to the next; check again before you go out. How we compute this.

Seeing Starlink from Toowoomba

Toowoomba is at 27.6°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:20 pm until 5:00 am. A Starlink satellite only shows when it is still in sunlight while you are in darkness, so the passes bunch up in the first hours after dusk and the last hours before dawn, not around midnight. Over the next 8 nights we found 7 visible passes (0 in the evening, 7 before dawn); 4 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).

The best one is on Thursday 15 Oct at 4:36 am: it appears in the west-northwest, climbs to 59° in the northeast and fades in the east at about magnitude 3.

The passes come from these launches:

Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Toowoomba while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.

Questions

Can I see Starlink tonight in Toowoomba?

No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:23 am, looking north-northwest.

When is the next Starlink train over Toowoomba?

Tuesday 13 Oct at 4:34 am: 1 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north-northwest and reaching 19°.

Which direction should I look for Starlink from Toowoomba?

This week most passes appear in the north-northwest or northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.

Nearby cities

All of Queensland →
Brisbane 106 kmLogan City 114 kmCaloundra 143 kmSunshine Coast 150 kmGold Coast 153 kmMaryborough 237 km

Before you go out

How to spot StarlinkWhat the Starlink train isWhy some nights have nothing