ISS TonightSee the ISS from Cartagena, Colombia
The International Space Station is visible from Cartagena 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 18:37 (very bright, 60° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:34–18:35 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SE Disappears SE, 11° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:21–19:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 27° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:17–05:22 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:34–18:38 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 60° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 34° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:30–04:34 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:25–19:26 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 11° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:18–05:24 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears NW, 11° up Highest 52° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:36–18:41 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:33–04:37 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears N, 52° up Highest 61° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 03:48–03:49 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears ESE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:22–05:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:36–04:37 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSW, 18° up Highest 18° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Cartagena (America/Bogota). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Cartagena: 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 Colombia
Bogota · Cali · Medellin · Barranquilla · Kennedy
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.