See the ISS from Kobe, Japan

The International Space Station is visible from Kobe 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:02 (very bright, 69° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:32	Bright mag -2.7	Appears ENE, 46° up Highest 46° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:21	Bright mag -2.4	Appears WSW, 21° up Highest 23° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:34	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears SSE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:45–18:47	Bright mag -2.3	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 32° up
Tue 10 Nov 17:58–18:02	Bright mag -2.9	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 31° up in the SE Disappears E, 25° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:47–18:50	Bright mag -2.4	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the NW Disappears NW, 36° up
Thu 12 Nov 17:59–18:04	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 69° up in the NW Disappears NE, 22° up

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

Also for Kobe: 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 Japan

Tokyo · Yokohama · Osaka · Nagoya · Sapporo · Fukuoka · Kawasaki · Kyoto

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.