ISS TonightSee the ISS from Accra, Ghana
The International Space Station is visible from Accra 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 18:10 (very bright, 84° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:53–18:56 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 29° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 29° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 18:07–18:11 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:43–19:44 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the W Disappears W, 13° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:55–18:59 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the NW Disappears N, 27° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:53–04:57 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 18:07–18:14 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 84° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:54–05:00 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears NNW, 16° up Highest 71° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:09–18:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 04:09–04:12 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears ENE, 29° up Highest 29° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:57–05:00 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears WSW, 18° up Highest 20° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 04:12–04:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears S, 22° up Highest 22° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Accra (Africa/Accra). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Accra: 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 Ghana
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.