ISS TonightSee the ISS from Dakar, Senegal
The International Space Station is visible from Dakar 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 19:46 (very bright, 79° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 06:23–06:28 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:43–19:44 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SE Disappears SE, 14° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 20:31–20:32 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 22° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 22° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 06:24–06:30 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 88° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:43–19:47 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 79° up in the SE Disappears NE, 41° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:39–05:43 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears NNE, 33° up Highest 36° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:01–19:02 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears ENE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the ENE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:54–04:54 |
Faint mag -0.4 |
Appears E, 11° up Highest 11° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 06:27–06:31 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears W, 14° up Highest 17° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:45–19:50 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:42–05:44 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears S, 27° up Highest 27° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:01–19:03 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears NNW, 36° up Highest 36° up in the NNW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Dakar (Africa/Dakar). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Dakar: 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 Senegal
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.