Can I see Starlink tonight in Budta?
Yes — best chance 4:21 am, looking south-southeast.
It is the Starlink train: 4 satellites in a line. Visible from 4:21 am to 4:27 am, halfway up in the sky (25°) at its highest; visible from a suburban sky.
The next 8 nights at a glance
3 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 5:52 pm – 5:08 amThursday, Oct 8
dark 5:52 pm – 5:08 amFriday, Oct 9 – Wednesday, Oct 14
no visible passesMagnitude 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 Budta
Budta is at 7.2°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 5:52 pm until 5:08 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 3 visible passes (1 in the evening, 2 before dawn); 2 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Thursday, Oct 8 at 4:21 am: it appears in the south-southeast, climbs to 25° in the south and fades in the south-southeast at about magnitude 4.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 3 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Budta while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Budta?
Yes — best chance 4:21 am, looking south-southeast. It is the Starlink train: 4 satellites in a line. Visible from 4:21 am to 4:27 am, halfway up in the sky (25°) at its highest; visible from a suburban sky.
When is the next Starlink train over Budta?
Thursday, Oct 8 at 4:21 am: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southeast and reaching 25°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Budta?
This week most passes appear in the south-southeast or south-southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.
Nearby cities
All of Philippines →Also tonight: the ISS
ISS pass times for Budta →No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Friday, Oct 9 at 4:27 am, looking south-southeast. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.