ISS TonightSee the ISS from Erbil, Iraq
The International Space Station is visible from Erbil 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:15 (very bright, 61° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:44 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SE, 57° up Highest 57° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 03:57–03:57 |
Faint mag -0.4 |
Appears ESE, 11° up Highest 11° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:32 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears WSW, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:45 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears S, 14° up Highest 14° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:11–18:11 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SE, 10° up Highest 10° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:57–18:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the SW Disappears SW, 27° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:10–18:14 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 32° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:26–17:28 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears SE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:59–19:01 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 30° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 30° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:11–18:16 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 61° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 28° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Erbil (Asia/Baghdad). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Erbil: 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 Iraq
Baghdad · Al Mawsil al Jadidah · Mosul · Basrah · Karbala · Sadr City · Kirkuk · Abu Ghurayb
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.