See the ISS from Batam, Indonesia

The International Space Station is visible from Batam 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 18:58 (very bright, 81° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
19:42–19:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 19° up in the WSW
Disappears WSW, 19° up
Wed 4 Nov
18:55–18:59
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 81° up in the WNW
Disappears NNE, 42° up
Thu 5 Nov
18:11–18:13
Very bright
mag -3.2
Appears ESE, 37° up
Highest 37° up in the ESE
Disappears NE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
18:57–19:01
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:56–05:00
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears NNE, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:11–18:15
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears W, 26° up
Highest 31° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:57–05:03
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears NNW, 14° up
Highest 80° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:12–04:15
Bright
mag -2.2
Appears NE, 31° up
Highest 31° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
05:00–05:04
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears W, 15° up
Highest 18° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
04:15–04:17
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears S, 25° up
Highest 25° up in the S
Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Batam: 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 Indonesia

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.