dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:36 pm – 7:05 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
dark 7:35 pm – 7:05 am
7:40 pmto 8:06 pm · 26 min
S → SE, highest 18° SSEappears south at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 22
Friday, Oct 9
dark 7:34 pm – 7:06 am
7:34 pmto 7:35 pm · 1 min
SE → ESE, highest 16° SEappears southeast at 16°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:41 pmto 7:45 pm · 4 min
SSW → ESE, highest 21° SSEappears south-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
7:53 pmto 8:20 pm · 26 min
SW → ESE, highest 40° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 22
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 7:33 pm – 7:06 am
7:33 pmto 7:35 pm · 2 min
ESE → E, highest 30° SEappears east-southeast at 17°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 2
7:41 pmto 7:45 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 39° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:55 pmto 8:00 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 53° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
8:10 pmto 8:34 pm · 24 min
WSW → E, highest 83° Sappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 7:32 pm – 7:07 am
7:34 pmto 7:40 pm · 6 min
WSW → ENE, highest 66° Sappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 2
7:52 pmto 7:56 pm · 4 min
WSW → ENE, highest 86° ENEappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:12 pmto 8:16 pm · 3 min
W → NE, highest 67° Nappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:29 pmto 8:53 pm · 24 min
W → NW, highest 49° NWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
Monday, Oct 12
dark 7:31 pm – 7:07 am
7:31 pmto 7:46 pm · 15 min
ENE → ENE, highest 80° NNEappears east-northeast at 24°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 13
8:04 pmto 8:08 pm · 4 min
W → NE, highest 47° NNWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
8:31 pmto 8:33 pm · 2 min
W → NW, highest 35° NWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 7:31 pm – 7:08 am
7:33 pmto 8:05 pm · 31 min
W → ENE, highest 50° NNWappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 24
8:17 pmto 8:20 pm · 3 min
WNW → N, highest 33° Nappears west-northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 7:30 pm – 7:08 am
7:31 pmto 7:36 pm · 5 min
WNW → ENE, highest 37° NNWappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:50 pmto 8:26 pm · 36 min
WNW → NE, highest 34° Nappears west-northwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 24
8:31 pmto 8:33 pm · 1 min
WNW → NW, highest 22° NWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
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 McAllen
McAllen is at 26.2°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:36 pm until 7:05 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 20 visible passes (20 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 17 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Sunday, Oct 11 at 7:52 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 86° in the east-northeast 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 296–315 km up): 20 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over McAllen while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in McAllen?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Friday, Oct 9 at 7:41 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over McAllen?
Thursday, Oct 8 at 7:40 pm: 22 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 18°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from McAllen?
This week most passes appear in the west or west-southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.