Satellites Tonight

Can I see Starlink tonight in Kahului, HI?

Yes — best chance 6:59 pm, looking south-southwest.

It is the Starlink train: 22 satellites in a line. Visible from 6:59 pm to 7:25 pm, halfway up in the sky (38°) at its highest; easy to see away from bright lights.

Updated Times in local time (HST)20.89°, -156.47°
Tonight's best pass
Appears
6:59 pm
south-southwest, 11°
Highest
7:20 pm
38° south
Fades
7:25 pm
southeast, 26°
NESW
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22 satellitesLaunch 2026-225 · 28 September 2026

The next 8 nights at a glance

17 visible passes
dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)

Pass times, night by night

start · path · brightness

Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7

dark 6:31 pm – 5:56 am
6:44 pmto 6:53 pm · 9 min
SSW → ESE, highest 22° SSEappears south-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 4
6:59 pmto 7:25 pm · 25 min
SSW → SE, highest 38° Sappears south-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22

Thursday, Oct 8

dark 6:30 pm – 5:57 am
6:50 pmto 6:59 pm · 9 min
SW → E, highest 56° SEappears southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 3
7:01 pmto 7:05 pm · 3 min
WSW → E, highest 66° SSEappears west-southwest at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:12 pmto 7:38 pm · 26 min
WSW → E, highest 85° SWappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22

Friday, Oct 9

dark 6:29 pm – 5:57 am
6:56 pmto 7:01 pm · 4 min
WSW → NE, highest 61° NNWappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 2
7:07 pmto 7:11 pm · 3 min
W → NNE, highest 49° Nappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:15 pmto 7:18 pm · 3 min
W → N, highest 42° NNWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:28 pmto 7:50 pm · 22 min
W → NW, highest 30° NWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22

Saturday, Oct 10

dark 6:28 pm – 5:57 am
6:28 pmto 6:32 pm · 4 min
NNE → ENE, highest 62° NWappears north-northeast at 57°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 6
7:03 pmto 7:07 pm · 3 min
W → NNE, highest 28° NNWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
7:22 pmto 7:24 pm · 2 min
WNW → NNW, highest 23° NNWappears west-northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:32 pmto 7:34 pm · 2 min
WNW → NW, highest 20° NWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1

Sunday, Oct 11

dark 6:27 pm – 5:58 am
6:30 pmto 6:51 pm · 20 min
W → NE, highest 32° NNWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
7:10 pmto 7:13 pm · 2 min
NW → N, highest 17° NNWappears northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2

Monday, Oct 12

dark 6:27 pm – 5:58 am
6:33 pmto 6:37 pm · 5 min
WNW → NE, highest 21° NNWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
6:46 pmto 7:12 pm · 26 min
WNW → NNE, highest 18° NNWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 22

Tuesday, Oct 13 – Wednesday, Oct 14

no visible passes

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 Kahului

Kahului is at 20.9°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:31 pm until 5:56 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 17 visible passes (17 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 12 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).

The best one is on Thursday, Oct 8 at 7:12 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 85° in the southwest and fades in the east at about magnitude 2.5.

The passes come from these launches:

Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Kahului while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.

Questions

Can I see Starlink tonight in Kahului?

Yes — best chance 6:59 pm, looking south-southwest. It is the Starlink train: 22 satellites in a line. Visible from 6:59 pm to 7:25 pm, halfway up in the sky (38°) at its highest; easy to see away from bright lights.

When is the next Starlink train over Kahului?

Wednesday, Oct 7 at 6:44 pm: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southwest and reaching 22°.

Which direction should I look for Starlink from Kahului?

This week most passes appear in the west or west-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.

Nearby cities

All of Hawaii →
Honolulu 151 kmDaly City 3761 kmSan Mateo 3767 kmSan Francisco 3767 kmSanta Rosa 3769 kmSanta Cruz 3770 km

Also tonight: the ISS

ISS pass times for Kahului →

Yes — best chance 5:53 am, looking southeast. Visible from 5:53 am to 5:55 am, low in the sky (11°) at its highest; about magnitude 2, easy to see, even from a city. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.

Before you go out

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