See the ISS from Asmara, Eritrea

The International Space Station is visible from Asmara 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 05:35 (very bright, 52° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 19:37–19:38	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 14° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:36	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears N, 10° up Highest 28° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:50–18:53	Bright mag -2.3	Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 21° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:48	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears NNE, 12° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:39–19:41	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 25° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:33–05:38	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears NW, 19° up Highest 52° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:51–18:56	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 67° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 24° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:48–04:51	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears E, 53° up Highest 53° up in the E Disappears SE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:36–05:37	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears WSW, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:54–18:58	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears W, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:51	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears S, 12° up Highest 12° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up

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

Also for Asmara: 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.