See the ISS from Dodoma, Tanzania

The International Space Station is visible from Dodoma 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 04:54 (very bright, 61° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 20:22–20:23	Faint mag -0.7	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 11° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:33–19:38	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the NW Disappears N, 11° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:38–05:40	Faint mag -0.6	Appears NE, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:37–05:44	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 52° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:56	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears NNE, 15° up Highest 22° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 05:39–05:45	Bright mag -2.5	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 04:54–04:58	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears W, 59° up Highest 61° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov 04:09–04:10	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears SE, 19° up Highest 19° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up

Times are local to Dodoma (Africa/Dar es Salaam). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Dodoma: 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

Dar es Salaam · Mwanza

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.