See the ISS from Arequipa, Peru

The International Space Station is visible from Arequipa 4 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 04:42 (very bright, 32° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
18:27–18:33
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 24° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:38–04:42
Bright
mag -2.3
Appears NNW, 10° up
Highest 35° up in the NE
Disappears E, 28° up
Wed 11 Nov
03:51–03:56
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears NNE, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
04:39–04:42
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 32° up in the W
Disappears W, 32° up

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

Also for Arequipa: 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 Peru

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.