ISS TonightSee the ISS from Baghdad, Iraq
The International Space Station is visible from Baghdad 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 18:13 (very bright, 56° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:45 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears NE, 62° up Highest 62° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 03:57–03:57 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears ESE, 13° up Highest 13° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:33 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears WSW, 16° up Highest 18° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:46 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears S, 21° up Highest 21° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:56–18:56 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 11° up in the S Disappears S, 11° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:09–18:11 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears SE, 15° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:57–18:59 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 35° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 35° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:09–18:14 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 56° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 34° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:59–19:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 22° up in the NW Disappears NW, 22° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:11–18:16 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 19° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Baghdad (Asia/Baghdad). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Baghdad: 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
Al Mawsil al Jadidah · 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.