dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:34 pm – 7:04 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
dark 7:33 pm – 7:04 am
8:22 pmto 8:27 pm · 5 min
SSW → S, highest 15° Sappears south-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 3
Friday, Oct 9
dark 7:32 pm – 7:05 am
7:32 pmto 7:47 pm · 16 min
SE → ESE, highest 16° SSEappears southeast at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 18
8:27 pmto 8:29 pm · 2 min
SW → SSW, highest 21° SSWappears southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2
8:37 pmto 8:38 pm · 1 min
SW → SW, highest 20° SWappears southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
8:45 pmto 8:46 pm · 1 min
SW → SW, highest 19° SWappears southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 7:31 pm – 7:05 am
7:39 pmto 8:00 pm · 21 min
SW → E, highest 35° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
8:34 pmto 8:36 pm · 2 min
WSW → WSW, highest 30° WSWappears west-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 7:30 pm – 7:06 am
7:30 pmto 7:35 pm · 5 min
SW → E, highest 40° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:42 pmto 7:47 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 50° SSEappears west-southwest at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:58 pmto 8:17 pm · 18 min
WSW → E, highest 80° Sappears west-southwest at 10°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
8:40 pmto 8:42 pm · 1 min
W → W, highest 24° Wappears west at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2
Monday, Oct 12
dark 7:29 pm – 7:06 am
7:46 pmto 7:51 pm · 4 min
WSW → ENE, highest 87° Sappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:01 pmto 8:04 pm · 4 min
W → ENE, highest 77° NNEappears west at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:15 pmto 8:38 pm · 23 min
W → N, highest 67° Nappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 7:28 pm – 7:07 am
7:27 pmto 7:28 pm · 1 min
ENE → ENE, highest 19° ENEappears east-northeast at 19°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
8:04 pmto 8:07 pm · 4 min
W → NE, highest 56° Nappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
8:20 pmto 8:23 pm · 3 min
W → N, highest 52° Nappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
8:28 pmto 9:00 pm · 32 min
W → NW, highest 39° NWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 23
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 7:27 pm – 7:08 am
7:26 pmto 7:50 pm · 24 min
NE → ENE, highest 61° NNWappears northeast at 52°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 14
8:22 pmto 8:24 pm · 2 min
WNW → NW, highest 40° NWappears west-northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
8:38 pmto 8:54 pm · 16 min
WNW → WNW, highest 23° WNWappears west-northwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 11
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 Clearwater
Clearwater is at 28.0°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:34 pm until 7:04 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 21 visible passes (21 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 14 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Monday, Oct 12 at 7:46 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 87° in the south and fades in the east-northeast at about magnitude 2.5.
The passes come from these launches:
2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 21 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Clearwater while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Clearwater?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Saturday, Oct 10 at 7:39 pm, looking southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Clearwater?
Thursday, Oct 8 at 8:22 pm: 3 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southwest and reaching 15°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Clearwater?
This week most passes appear in the west or southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.
No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Sunday, Oct 11 at 6:30 am, looking south-southeast. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.