dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:06 pm – 6:36 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
no visible passes
Friday, Oct 9
dark 7:03 pm – 6:37 am
7:27 pmto 7:29 pm · 3 min
S → SSE, highest 14° SSEappears south at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2
7:36 pmto 7:38 pm · 2 min
SSW → SSE, highest 18° SSEappears south-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:43 pmto 7:46 pm · 2 min
SSW → SSE, highest 20° SSEappears south-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:56 pmto 8:18 pm · 22 min
SW → S, highest 22° Sappears southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 22
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 7:02 pm – 6:38 am
7:32 pmto 7:36 pm · 3 min
SW → SE, highest 26° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 2
7:49 pmto 7:51 pm · 2 min
SW → S, highest 34° Sappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:59 pmto 8:01 pm · 2 min
SW → SSW, highest 30° SSWappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
8:13 pmto 8:28 pm · 15 min
WSW → SW, highest 23° SWappears west-southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 20
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 7:01 pm – 6:38 am
7:00 pmto 7:17 pm · 16 min
SE → ESE, highest 34° SSEappears southeast at 23°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
7:39 pmto 7:42 pm · 3 min
WSW → SSE, highest 48° SSEappears west-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 2
8:04 pmto 8:06 pm · 2 min
WSW → WSW, highest 37° WSWappears west-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
8:16 pmto 8:18 pm · 1 min
WSW → WSW, highest 23° WSWappears west-southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Monday, Oct 12
dark 7:00 pm – 6:39 am
6:59 pmto 7:04 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 45° SSEappears west-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:13 pmto 7:38 pm · 25 min
WSW → E, highest 70° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
7:45 pmto 7:48 pm · 3 min
WSW → SSE, highest 80° SSEappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2 · brightTrain · 2
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 6:59 pm – 6:39 am
7:02 pmto 7:07 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 70° SSWappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:18 pmto 7:23 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 80° ESEappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:26 pmto 8:00 pm · 34 min
W → E, highest 85° Wappears west at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 24
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 6:58 pm – 6:40 am
7:20 pmto 7:24 pm · 4 min
W → ENE, highest 77° Nappears west at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:36 pmto 7:54 pm · 18 min
W → ENE, highest 71° NNEappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 11
7:58 pmto 8:21 pm · 24 min
W → WNW, highest 50° WNWappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 14
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 Houma
Houma is at 29.6°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:06 pm until 6:36 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); 15 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Monday, Oct 12 at 7:45 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 80° in the south-southeast and fades in the south-southeast at about magnitude 2.
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 Houma while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Houma?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Saturday, Oct 10 at 7:32 pm, looking southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Houma?
Friday, Oct 9 at 7:27 pm: 2 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 14°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Houma?
This week most passes appear in the west-southwest 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: Saturday, Oct 10 at 6:18 am, looking southeast. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.