ISS TonightSee the ISS from Douala, Cameroon
The International Space Station is visible from Douala 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 19:10 (very bright, 74° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 19:54–19:56 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 20° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 20° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 74° up in the SE Disappears NE, 47° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:25–18:25 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears ENE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the ENE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:09–19:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:07–05:12 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:25–18:27 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears NNW, 36° up Highest 36° up in the NNW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:14 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 25° up Highest 72° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:26 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears E, 34° up Highest 34° up in the E Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SW, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:27–04:27 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears S, 13° up Highest 13° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Douala (Africa/Douala). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Douala: 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 Cameroon
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.