dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:31 pm – 7:01 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
no visible passes
Friday, Oct 9
dark 7:29 pm – 7:03 am
7:28 pmto 7:47 pm · 19 min
SSE → SE, highest 14° SSEappears south-southeast at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 20
8:28 pmto 8:29 pm · 1 min
SW → SSW, highest 17° SSWappears southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 7:28 pm – 7:03 am
7:27 pmto 7:29 pm · 2 min
SSE → ESE, highest 18° SSEappears south-southeast at 18°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:39 pmto 8:00 pm · 20 min
SSW → ESE, highest 28° SSEappears south-southwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
8:34 pmto 8:36 pm · 2 min
WSW → SW, highest 23° SWappears west-southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 7:27 pm – 7:04 am
7:30 pmto 7:35 pm · 5 min
SW → E, highest 32° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:42 pmto 7:47 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 39° SSEappears southwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:58 pmto 8:17 pm · 18 min
WSW → ESE, highest 62° Sappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
8:40 pmto 8:42 pm · 1 min
WSW → WSW, highest 21° WSWappears west-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
Monday, Oct 12
dark 7:26 pm – 7:04 am
7:46 pmto 7:51 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 66° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:01 pmto 8:04 pm · 3 min
WSW → E, highest 78° SSWappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:15 pmto 8:38 pm · 23 min
W → W, highest 80° Wappears west at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 7:25 pm – 7:05 am
7:24 pmto 7:28 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 72° SSEappears southwest at 59°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 4
8:04 pmto 8:07 pm · 3 min
W → ENE, highest 75° NNWappears west at 10°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:20 pmto 8:23 pm · 3 min
W → NW, highest 65° NWappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
8:28 pmto 8:59 pm · 31 min
W → WNW, highest 40° WNWappears west at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 21
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 7:24 pm – 7:06 am
7:23 pmto 7:50 pm · 27 min
W → E, highest 81° Nappears west at 10°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 14
8:22 pmto 8:24 pm · 2 min
W → WNW, highest 44° WNWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
8:38 pmto 8:54 pm · 16 min
W → WNW, highest 23° WNWappears west at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 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 Ocala
Ocala is at 29.2°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:31 pm until 7:01 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 19 visible passes (19 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 13 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Wednesday, Oct 14 at 7:23 pm: it appears in the west, climbs to 81° in the north and fades in the east 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): 19 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Ocala while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Ocala?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Saturday, Oct 10 at 7:39 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Ocala?
Friday, Oct 9 at 7:28 pm: 20 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southeast and reaching 14°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Ocala?
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.
No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Sunday, Oct 11 at 6:31 am, looking south-southeast. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.