Long Beach May Get View of Int'l Space Station Shortly After 8 p.m. Tonight (April 4) **IF** Clouds Don't Interfere</small>

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Long Beach May Get View of Int'l Space Station Shortly After 8 p.m. Tonight (April 4) **IF** Clouds Don't Interfere

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(April 4, 2021, 2:30 p.m.) -- Later today (April 4) shortly after 8 p.m., the International Space Station may be visible in Long Beach. Its orbit will take it a bit inland orbiting from NW to NE before disappearing in the E sky. It will be a good viewing opportunity **IF** clouds don't interfere. As of early aftenoon April 4, the Nat'l Weather Service forecsts a "mostly clear" sky tonight.

Image source via HavensAbolve,.com

The spacecraft will become visible in the NW sky at aboaut 8:18 p.m. rising to roughly 45 degrees at 8:21 p.m. in the NE sky before disappearing in the eastern sky at 8:22 p.m.

Since November 2020, the Space Station has been carrying four Space X Crew-1 members: Mission Commander/NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins; NASA astronaut/Pilot Victor Glover plus NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

Photo shows astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, second from left, Michael Hopkins, second from right, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky .