ISS TonightSee the ISS from Johannesburg, South Africa
The International Space Station is visible from Johannesburg 2 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 13 Nov at 04:46 (very bright, 54° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11 Nov 04:43–04:47 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 04:43–04:46 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 54° up in the NE Disappears NE, 54° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Johannesburg (Africa/Johannesburg). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Johannesburg: 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 Africa
Cape Town · Durban · Pretoria · Soweto · Gqeberha · Soshanguve · Pietermaritzburg
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.