Can I see Starlink tonight in Manila?
No visible passes tonight.
Next good chance: Thursday, Oct 8 at 6:46 pm, looking west.
The next 8 nights at a glance
5 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 6:03 pm – 5:24 amThursday, Oct 8
dark 6:03 pm – 5:25 amFriday, Oct 9
dark 6:02 pm – 5:25 amSaturday, Oct 10
dark 6:02 pm – 5:25 amSunday, Oct 11 – 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 Manila
Manila is at 14.6°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:03 pm until 5:24 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 5 visible passes (5 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 3 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Friday, Oct 9 at 6:01 pm: it appears in the northeast, climbs to 56° in the northwest and fades in the northeast at about magnitude 3.
The nearest city on our list with a good Starlink pass tonight is Zamboanga, about 864 km away, at 4:34 am local time. Passes shift a long way over that distance, so use its times only as a rough guide.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 5 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Manila while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Manila?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Thursday, Oct 8 at 6:46 pm, looking west.
When is the next Starlink train over Manila?
Thursday, Oct 8 at 6:46 pm: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the west and reaching 35°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Manila?
This week most passes appear in the west or northeast. 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 Manila →No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Saturday, Oct 10 at 5:16 am, looking south-southwest. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.