ISS TonightSee the ISS from Kirkuk, Iraq
The International Space Station is visible from Kirkuk 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 04:42 (very bright, 65° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:45 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears ESE, 65° up Highest 65° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 03:57–03:57 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears ESE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:32 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears WSW, 14° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:46 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears S, 15° up Highest 15° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:10–18:11 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 12° up in the SE Disappears SE, 12° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:57–18:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 28° up in the SW Disappears SW, 28° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:10–18:14 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 42° up in the SE Disappears E, 35° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:25–17:28 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears SE, 22° up Highest 22° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:59–19:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 27° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 27° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:11–18:16 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 52° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 26° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Kirkuk (Asia/Baghdad). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Kirkuk: 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 Iraq
Baghdad · Al Mawsil al Jadidah · Mosul · Erbil · Basrah · Karbala · Sadr City · Abu Ghurayb
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.