The International Space Station will be visible from Mississippi tonight, April 6, 2013, around 8:30pm Central Daylight Time.
It should appear in the South-Southwest about 8:25pm, then at its highest point in the Southeast at 8:31pm, then disappear in the Northeast at 8:33pm. It should be very bright at its highest point, slightly brighter than the planet Venus. If you have a scanner, program 145.825 MHz and you may hear amateur radio data transmissions from the Space Station.
Please note your viewing time may vary from a few seconds to a minute plus or minus the indicated times, depending on your observation location.
The times below are valid for observers in the west Mississippi Delta:
Appears 20h25m56s 0.2mag az:214.4° SW horizon
Culmination 20h31m14s -4.0mag az:133.0° SE h:49.5°
distance: 528.0km height above Earth: 410.3km elevation of Sun: -14°
Disappears 20h33m16s -2.6mag az: 64.0° ENE h:19.6°
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