ISS TonightSee the ISS from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The International Space Station is visible from Dar es Salaam 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 3 Nov at 18:47 (very bright, 38° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:44–18:50 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 11° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:34–19:38 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:45–18:51 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:57 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears N, 14° up Highest 34° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 04:06–04:08 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears ENE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:54–04:58 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears W, 30° up Highest 38° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 04:09–04:11 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears SE, 31° up Highest 31° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Dar es Salaam (Africa/Dar es Salaam). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Dar es Salaam: 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 Tanzania
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.