See the ISS from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Space Station is visible from Kinshasa 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 04:27 (bright, 31° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 18:17–18:23	Bright mag -2.7	Appears S, 10° up Highest 28° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 12° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 13° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:18–18:25	Bright mag -2.7	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 44° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:10–05:12	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears N, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NE Disappears NE, 18° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:10–05:12	Bright mag -2.6	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the NW Disappears NW, 24° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:29	Bright mag -2.7	Appears N, 21° up Highest 41° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 03:39–03:41	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears ENE, 17° up Highest 17° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 04:27–04:30	Bright mag -2.8	Appears WSW, 30° up Highest 31° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov 03:42–03:43	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears SSE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Kinshasa: 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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.