See the ISS from Al Mawsil al Jadidah, Iraq

The International Space Station is visible from Al Mawsil al Jadidah 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:14 (very bright, 68° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:44	Bright mag -2.9	Appears SE, 50° up Highest 50° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:32	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears SW, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:45	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears S, 13° up Highest 13° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:57–18:59	Bright mag -2.0	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 28° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 28° up
Tue 10 Nov 18:10–18:14	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 33° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 28° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:59–19:01	Bright mag -2.2	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 34° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 34° up
Thu 12 Nov 18:11–18:16	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 68° up in the NW Disappears NE, 27° up

Times are local to Al Mawsil al Jadidah (Asia/Baghdad). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Al Mawsil al Jadidah: 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 Iraq

Baghdad · Mosul · Erbil · Basrah · Karbala · Sadr City · Kirkuk · Abu Ghurayb

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.