See the ISS from Abuja, Nigeria

The International Space Station is visible from Abuja 13 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:09 (very bright, 58° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:55–19:56	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 15° up
Wed 4 Nov 05:53–05:55	Faint mag -0.7	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:08–19:11	Bright mag -2.8	Appears S, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 29° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:57–19:59	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears W, 10° up Highest 18° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 18° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:52–05:58	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 55° up in the NE Disappears SE, 14° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:09–19:14	Bright mag -2.7	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 42° up in the NW Disappears N, 20° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:06–05:11	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears N, 14° up Highest 24° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:28–18:28	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears NE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the NE Disappears NE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:21–04:22	Faint mag -0.6	Appears ENE, 11° up Highest 11° up in the ENE Disappears ENE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:54–05:59	Bright mag -2.5	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SW Disappears S, 15° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:13	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears W, 54° up Highest 58° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:28–18:29	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears NNW, 15° up Highest 15° up in the NNW Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:25	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears SE, 18° up Highest 18° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Abuja: 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 · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha · Aba

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.