See the ISS from Kaohsiung, Taiwan

The International Space Station is visible from Kaohsiung 13 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 05:07 (very bright, 63° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 05:03–05:09	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 04:18–04:20	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears NNE, 14° up Highest 15° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:06–05:11	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears NW, 25° up Highest 63° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:28–18:29	Fairly bright mag -1.8	Appears S, 10° up Highest 18° up in the SE Disappears SE, 18° up
Sat 7 Nov 04:21–04:23	Bright mag -2.4	Appears ESE, 39° up Highest 39° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 19:16–19:17	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 21° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 21° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:09–05:11	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears SW, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 18:28–18:32	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 84° up in the NW Disappears NE, 44° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:24–04:24	Faint mag -0.8	Appears S, 11° up Highest 11° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 17:41–17:47	Very bright mag -3.2	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 41° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 19:20–19:20	Faint mag -0.5	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NW Disappears NW, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 18:30–18:35	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears N, 12° up
Wed 11 Nov 17:42–17:48	Bright mag -2.5	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up

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

Also for Kaohsiung: 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 Taiwan

Taipei · New Taipei City · Taichung · Tainan

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.