See the ISS from Donetsk, Ukraine

The International Space Station is visible from Donetsk 3 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 17:16 (fairly bright, 15° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 11 Nov 18:00–18:01	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 16° up in the S Disappears S, 16° up
Thu 12 Nov 17:14–17:16	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears S, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears SE, 15° up
Thu 12 Nov 18:49–18:49	Faint mag -0.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 12° up

Times are local to Donetsk (Europe/Kyiv). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Donetsk: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

Coming up in the sky over Donetsk

Mars and Jupiter conjunction: Mon 16 Nov, 05:36: 1.2° apart, 56° up in the south
Leonid meteor shower: Night of 16–17 Nov: 00:19–04:45, up to about 13 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 00:15–04:46, up to about 13 an hour
Geminid meteor shower: Night of 13–14 Dec: 19:34–05:13, up to about 140 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 20:43–05:14, up to about 140 an hour

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 Ukraine

Kyiv · Kharkiv · Odesa · Dnipro

Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.