ISS TonightSee the ISS from Cairo, Egypt
The International Space Station is visible from Cairo 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 05:17 (very bright, 59° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:15–05:20 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears WNW, 20° up Highest 59° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:30–04:33 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears E, 59° up Highest 59° up in the E Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 03:45–03:45 |
Faint mag -0.3 |
Appears ESE, 10° up Highest 10° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:18–05:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears WSW, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:33–04:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears S, 15° up Highest 15° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:42–18:44 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 42° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 42° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 17:55–17:59 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 35° up in the SE Disappears E, 23° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:44–18:47 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the NW Disappears NW, 27° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:56–18:01 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 52° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 16° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:48–18:49 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NNW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Cairo (Africa/Cairo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Cairo: 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 Egypt
Alexandria · Giza · Shubra al Khaymah
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.