ISS TonightSee the ISS from Colombo, Sri Lanka
The International Space Station is visible from Colombo 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:01 (very bright, 57° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 19:46–19:47 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SW, 14° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 18:59–19:02 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 46° up in the SE Disappears SE, 46° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:12–18:17 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 19:49–19:50 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 12° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 12° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:01–19:05 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the NW Disappears N, 17° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:57–05:03 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 24° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:13–18:19 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 67° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:12–04:13 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NE, 11° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:00–05:05 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears WNW, 30° up Highest 57° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:16–18:19 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:15–04:17 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears ESE, 32° up Highest 32° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:03–05:04 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SW, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Colombo (Asia/Colombo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Colombo: 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.
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.