See the ISS from Amman, Jordan

The International Space Station is visible from Amman 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:12 (very bright, 80° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
04:42–04:43
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears ENE, 18° up
Highest 18° up in the ENE
Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov
06:15–06:20
Bright
mag -2.6
Appears WNW, 13° up
Highest 27° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:30–05:33
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears SW, 53° up
Highest 53° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
04:45–04:45
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears SE, 16° up
Highest 16° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:56–18:56
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 11° up
Sun 8 Nov
19:43–19:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 21° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:55–18:59
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 49° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 46° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:08–18:14
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 25° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
19:45–19:47
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 20° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:57–19:01
Bright
mag -2.7
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 40° up in the NW
Disappears N, 26° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:09–18:16
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 80° up in the NW
Disappears NE, 10° up

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

Also for Amman: 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 Jordan

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.