See the ISS from Kabul, Afghanistan

The International Space Station is visible from Kabul 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 04:39 (very bright, 84° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:39–04:42	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears NNE, 84° up Highest 84° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 03:54–03:54	Faint mag -0.8	Appears ESE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:27–05:29	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears WSW, 13° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:42–04:43	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears S, 18° up Highest 18° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 18:07–18:08	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SE Disappears SE, 14° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:55–18:56	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears SW, 26° up
Tue 10 Nov 18:07–18:11	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 55° up in the SE Disappears E, 44° up
Wed 11 Nov 17:20–17:26	Bright mag -2.6	Appears S, 10° up Highest 28° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:57–18:59	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears W, 10° up Highest 21° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 21° up
Thu 12 Nov 18:08–18:13	Bright mag -2.7	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 40° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 25° up

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

Also for Kabul: 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.

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.