See the ISS from Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Space Station is visible from Kisangani 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 3 Nov at 19:23 (very bright, 77° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
19:19–19:23
Very bright
mag -3.9
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 77° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 77° up
Wed 4 Nov
18:32–18:38
Bright
mag -2.8
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 30° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 11° up
Thu 5 Nov
19:22–19:26
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 18° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 12° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:23–05:24
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears NE, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the NE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
18:33–18:40
Bright
mag -2.6
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 40° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
05:22–05:28
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears NNW, 10° up
Highest 53° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:36–04:40
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears NNE, 17° up
Highest 22° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
05:24–05:29
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears WNW, 13° up
Highest 25° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
04:39–04:42
Very bright
mag -3.4
Appears SSW, 56° up
Highest 56° up in the SSW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
03:54–03:54
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears SE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Kisangani: 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

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.