Can I see Starlink tonight in Whangarei?
No visible passes tonight.
Next chance, faint: Friday 16 Oct at 5:48 am, looking north-northwest.
The next 8 nights at a glance
1 visible passPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Thursday 8 Oct
dark 7:58 pm – 6:22 amFriday 9 Oct – Wednesday 14 Oct
no visible passesThursday 15 Oct
dark 8:04 pm – 6:12 amMagnitude 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 Whangarei
Whangarei is at 35.7°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:58 pm until 6:22 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 1 visible pass (0 in the evening, 1 before dawn); 0 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Friday 16 Oct at 5:48 am: it appears in the north-northwest, climbs to 17° in the north-northeast and fades in the northeast at about magnitude 5.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 1 pass here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Whangarei while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Whangarei?
No visible passes tonight. Next chance, faint: Friday 16 Oct at 5:48 am, looking north-northwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Whangarei?
Friday 16 Oct at 5:48 am: 11 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north-northwest and reaching 17°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Whangarei?
This week most passes appear in the north-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.
Nearby cities
All of New Zealand →Also tonight: the ISS
ISS pass times for Whangarei →Yes — best chance 8:27 pm, looking north. Visible from 8:27 pm to 8:31 pm, halfway up in the sky (28°) at its highest; about magnitude -3.5, brighter than any star. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.