See the ISS from Basrah, Iraq

The International Space Station is visible from Basrah 13 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 17:25 (very bright, 60° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:46	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears NNW, 38° up Highest 61° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 03:57–03:58	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears E, 21° up Highest 21° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:34	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears W, 11° up Highest 16° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:47	Bright mag -2.5	Appears SSW, 29° up Highest 29° up in the SSW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 04:00–04:00	Faint mag -0.7	Appears SE, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:56–18:56	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 15° up
Sun 8 Nov 18:08–18:11	Bright mag -2.7	Appears S, 10° up Highest 29° up in the SE Disappears SE, 29° up
Mon 9 Nov 17:22–17:26	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:57–18:59	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the W Disappears W, 24° up
Tue 10 Nov 18:09–18:14	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 64° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 35° up
Wed 11 Nov 17:22–17:28	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 60° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 19:01–19:01	Faint mag -0.7	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NW, 12° up
Thu 12 Nov 18:12–18:16	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears N, 13° up

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

Also for Basrah: 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

Baghdad · Al Mawsil al Jadidah · Mosul · Erbil · 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.