See the ISS from Aba, Nigeria

The International Space Station is visible from Aba 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:10 (very bright, 88° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:54–19:56	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the SW Disappears SW, 25° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 44° up in the SE Disappears E, 33° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:57–19:59	Faint mag -0.9	Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NW Disappears NW, 13° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:53–05:54	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 19° up in the N Disappears N, 19° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:09–19:14	Bright mag -2.0	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 28° up in the NW Disappears N, 11° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:07–05:11	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:55–05:55	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 11° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:14	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears NW, 38° up Highest 88° up in the ENE Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:26	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears ESE, 23° up Highest 23° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:14	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears SW, 16° up Highest 16° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 04:27–04:27	Faint mag -0.6	Appears SSE, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up

Times are local to Aba (Africa/Lagos). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Aba: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Nigeria

Lagos · Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.