ISS TonightSee the ISS from Gwangju, South Korea
The International Space Station is visible from Gwangju 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:49 (very bright, 86° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:31 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears E, 15° up Highest 15° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 06:03–06:07 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears W, 18° up Highest 27° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:20 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears S, 42° up Highest 42° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:33 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears SE, 10° up Highest 10° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:32–19:32 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 14° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:45–18:47 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 23° up in the SE Disappears SE, 23° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:58–18:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:33–19:35 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 29° up in the W Disappears W, 29° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:45–18:50 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 86° up in the SE Disappears NE, 42° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:58–18:04 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 43° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:35–19:37 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NW Disappears NW, 18° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Gwangju (Asia/Seoul). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Gwangju: 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 South Korea
Seoul · Busan · Incheon · Daegu · Daejeon · Suwon · Ulsan · Goyang-si
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.