See the ISS from Fortaleza, Brazil

The International Space Station is visible from Fortaleza 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 18:14 (very bright, 53° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 18:59–19:02	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 22° up in the NW Disappears NW, 22° up
Wed 4 Nov 18:11–18:17	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 53° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 12° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:15–18:16	Faint mag -0.6	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NW Disappears NW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:15–04:21	Bright mag -2.6	Appears NNW, 11° up Highest 39° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 03:30–03:33	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears NE, 17° up Highest 18° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:18–04:22	Bright mag -2.9	Appears W, 23° up Highest 32° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:33–03:35	Bright mag -2.5	Appears SSE, 39° up Highest 39° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Fortaleza: 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 Brazil

Sao Paulo · Rio de Janeiro · Belo Horizonte · Salvador · Manaus · Brasilia · Curitiba · Recife

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.