See the ISS from Kano, Nigeria

The International Space Station is visible from Kano 14 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 05:55 (very bright, 88° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 05:51–05:56	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears N, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:09–19:11	Bright mag -2.2	Appears S, 10° up Highest 23° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 23° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:23–18:25	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 12° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:58–19:59	Faint mag -0.9	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 16° up in the W Disappears W, 16° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:52–05:58	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 88° up in the SW Disappears SE, 17° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:10–19:14	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 51° up in the NW Disappears N, 34° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:06–05:11	Bright mag -2.5	Appears N, 22° up Highest 37° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:22–18:29	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 62° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:21–04:22	Faint mag -0.9	Appears ENE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:54–05:58	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 12° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:14–19:16	Faint mag -0.7	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:12	Bright mag -2.9	Appears SW, 35° up Highest 35° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:24–18:30	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:25	Faint mag -0.8	Appears SE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Kano: 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

Lagos · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha · Aba

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.