ISS TonightSee the ISS from Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates
The International Space Station is visible from Al Ain City 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 18:24 (very bright, 83° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:42–05:49 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 73° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:57–05:01 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears N, 27° up Highest 33° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:12–04:12 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears E, 13° up Highest 13° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:45–05:49 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears W, 14° up Highest 23° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:07–19:08 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 21° up in the S Disappears S, 21° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:00–05:02 |
Very bright mag -3.0 |
Appears SSW, 42° up Highest 42° up in the SSW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:20–18:23 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 18° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 16° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:08–19:11 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 43° up in the NW Disappears NW, 43° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:20–18:26 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 83° up in the SE Disappears NE, 17° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:11–19:14 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 11° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:22–18:28 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 22° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Al Ain City (Asia/Dubai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Al Ain City: 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 United Arab Emirates
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.