See the ISS from Brasilia, Brazil

The International Space Station is visible from Brasilia 4 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 05:08 (bright, 26° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 18:55–19:00	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 05:05–05:09	Bright mag -2.4	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the NE Disappears E, 35° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:18–04:23	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 05:06–05:08	Bright mag -2.8	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the W Disappears W, 26° up

Times are local to Brasilia (America/Sao Paulo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Brasilia: 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 Brazil

Sao Paulo · Rio de Janeiro · Belo Horizonte · Salvador · Fortaleza · Manaus · Curitiba · Recife

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.