ISS TonightSee the ISS from Damascus, Syria
The International Space Station is visible from Damascus 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:13 (very bright, 85° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:43 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears E, 20° up Highest 20° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 06:15–06:20 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears W, 13° up Highest 22° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:33 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears SSW, 40° up Highest 40° up in the SSW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:45 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears SE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:43–19:44 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 17° up in the SW Disappears SW, 17° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:56–18:59 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 42° up in the SE Disappears SE, 42° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:09–18:14 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 22° up in the SE Disappears E, 12° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:45–19:47 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 21° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 21° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:57–19:01 |
Very bright mag -3.0 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 48° up in the NW Disappears N, 34° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:09–18:16 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 85° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:49–19:49 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 11° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Damascus (Asia/Damascus). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Damascus: 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 Syria
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.