See the ISS from Bannu, Pakistan

The International Space Station is visible from Bannu 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 18:40 (very bright, 81° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:09–05:13
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears NNW, 59° up
Highest 80° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:24–04:25
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears ESE, 19° up
Highest 19° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:57–06:00
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears W, 11° up
Highest 14° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:12–05:13
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SSW, 22° up
Highest 22° up in the SSW
Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:36–18:38
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 20° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:50–17:52
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears SE, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
19:25–19:26
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 24° up in the WSW
Disappears WSW, 24° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:37–18:41
Very bright
mag -3.9
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 81° up in the SE
Disappears NE, 51° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:49–17:56
Very bright
mag -3.1
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 39° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 11° up
Wed 11 Nov
19:27–19:29
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 16° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:39–18:43
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 28° up in the NW
Disappears N, 20° up

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

Also for Bannu: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

Coming up in the sky over Bannu

Mars and Jupiter conjunction
Mon 16 Nov, 05:48: 1.2° apart, 68° up in the south-east
Leonid meteor shower
Night of 16–17 Nov: 01:25–05:21, up to about 14 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 01:21–05:21, up to about 14 an hour
Geminid meteor shower
Night of 13–14 Dec: 20:55–05:40, up to about 150 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 21:52–05:41, up to about 150 an hour

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 Pakistan

Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.