See the ISS from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The International Space Station is visible from Addis Ababa 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 05:36 (very bright, 73° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 19:36–19:38	Bright mag -2.3	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the SW Disappears SW, 36° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:33–05:37	Faint mag -0.9	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:48–18:53	Very bright mag -3.2	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 24° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:39–19:41	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears W, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NW Disappears NW, 15° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:33–05:40	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 73° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:50–18:56	Bright mag -2.2	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 33° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:48–04:52	Bright mag -2.1	Appears NNE, 27° up Highest 30° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:36–05:40	Bright mag -2.2	Appears W, 14° up Highest 19° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:53	Bright mag -2.5	Appears S, 33° up Highest 33° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Addis Ababa: 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.

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.