ISS TonightSee the ISS from Kakamega, Kenya
The International Space Station is visible from Kakamega 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:39 (very bright, 87° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 20:21–20:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 18° up in the W Disappears W, 18° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:33–19:38 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 56° up in the NW Disappears N, 32° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:49–18:52 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears SSE, 50° up Highest 54° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:37–19:39 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:35–05:40 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:49–18:53 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears W, 17° up Highest 23° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:36–05:42 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 13° up Highest 87° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:54 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears NE, 35° up Highest 36° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:39–05:42 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears W, 14° up Highest 16° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:54–04:56 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears S, 25° up Highest 25° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Kakamega (Africa/Nairobi). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Kakamega: 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 Kenya
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.