See the ISS from Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Space Station is visible from Kananga 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 05:27 (very bright, 75° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:18–19:23	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 80° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 24° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:20–19:24	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears W, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:23–05:28	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears N, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 05:24–05:31	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears NW, 11° up Highest 75° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:39–04:43	Bright mag -2.7	Appears NNE, 37° up Highest 42° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:55	Faint mag -0.6	Appears E, 13° up Highest 13° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 05:27–05:31	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears W, 11° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov 04:42–04:44	Bright mag -2.3	Appears SSW, 28° up Highest 28° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up

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

Also for Kananga: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

Coming up in the sky over Kananga

Mars and Jupiter conjunction: Mon 16 Nov, 05:03: 1.2° apart, 59° up in the north-east
Leonid meteor shower: Night of 16–17 Nov: 02:32–04:47, up to about 11 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 02:28–04:47, up to about 11 an hour
Geminid meteor shower: Night of 13–14 Dec: 22:24–04:52, up to about 120 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 22:53–04:52, up to about 120 an hour

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa · Lubumbashi · Mbuji-Mayi · Kisangani · Bukavu · Kolwezi

Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.