See the ISS from Ilorin, Nigeria

The International Space Station is visible from Ilorin 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:09 (very bright, 83° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
19:55–19:56
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 20° up
Wed 4 Nov
19:08–19:11
Bright
mag -2.3
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 20° up
Thu 5 Nov
19:56–19:59
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 26° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 26° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:52–05:58
Bright
mag -2.2
Appears NNW, 10° up
Highest 33° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
19:08–19:14
Very bright
mag -3.4
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 64° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 16° up
Sat 7 Nov
05:06–05:10
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears NNE, 11° up
Highest 16° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
05:54–06:00
Very bright
mag -3.2
Appears WNW, 13° up
Highest 38° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
19:12–19:15
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
05:09–05:12
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears NE, 83° up
Highest 83° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:24–04:24
Faint
mag -0.5
Appears ESE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
05:12–05:13
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears SSW, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the SSW
Disappears S, 10° up

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

Also for Ilorin: 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 Nigeria

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.