See the ISS from Hanoi, Vietnam

The International Space Station is visible from Hanoi 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 04:54 (very bright, 48° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Thu 5 Nov 04:51–04:56	Bright mag -2.2	Appears N, 15° up Highest 32° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:06–04:08	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears NE, 17° up Highest 17° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:01–19:02	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears SW, 26° up
Sat 7 Nov 04:54–04:58	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears W, 40° up Highest 48° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:13–18:17	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 34° up in the SE Disappears E, 28° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:09–04:10	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears SE, 22° up Highest 22° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:03–19:05	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears W, 10° up Highest 21° up in the NW Disappears NW, 21° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:15–18:20	Bright mag -2.8	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 43° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 16° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:18–18:21	Faint mag -0.8	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up

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

Also for Hanoi: 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 Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City · Haiphong · Can Tho · Hue · Da Nang · Bien Hoa · Thanh Hoa

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.