ISS TonightSee the ISS from Benin City, Nigeria
The International Space Station is visible from Benin City 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:10 (very bright, 77° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 19:54–19:56 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 26° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears E, 25° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 19:57–19:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears NW, 18° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:53–05:59 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 31° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:08–19:14 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 41° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 13° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:06–05:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 05:54–06:00 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 41° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:13 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears NNW, 54° up Highest 77° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:25 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears ESE, 17° up Highest 17° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSW, 16° up Highest 16° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Benin City (Africa/Lagos). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Benin City: 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 Nigeria
Lagos · Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Onitsha · Aba
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.