ISS TonightSee the ISS from Koeln, Germany
The International Space Station is visible from Koeln once in the next 10 days. It’s on Thu 12 Nov at 19:22 (fairly bright, 15° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12 Nov 19:21–19:22 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 15° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Koeln (Europe/Berlin). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Koeln: 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 Germany
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.