See the ISS from Kigali, Rwanda

The International Space Station is visible from Kigali 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 18:35 (very bright, 86° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:20–19:23	Bright mag -2.4	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 36° up
Wed 4 Nov 18:32–18:38	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 86° up in the SE Disappears NE, 16° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:35–18:39	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:36–04:42	Bright mag -2.3	Appears N, 13° up Highest 34° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 03:51–03:53	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears NE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:39–04:43	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears W, 29° up Highest 36° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:56	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears SE, 30° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Kigali: 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.