See the ISS from Bangui, Central African Republic

The International Space Station is visible from Bangui 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 18:24 (very bright, 71° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 18:20–18:23	Bright mag -2.1	Appears S, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 19° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:09–19:11	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 26° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:07–05:09	Faint mag -0.9	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears NE, 14° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:21–18:26	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 71° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 21° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:07–05:09	Bright mag -2.5	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NNW Disappears NNW, 26° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:24–18:27	Faint mag -0.9	Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:21–04:26	Bright mag -2.0	Appears N, 15° up Highest 29° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 03:36–03:37	Faint mag -0.8	Appears ENE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:28	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears WSW, 41° up Highest 43° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 03:39–03:40	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears SE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Bangui: 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.