See the ISS from Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Space Station is visible from Kolwezi 4 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 13 Nov at 04:43 (bright, 33° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:17–19:23	Bright mag -2.1	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 29° up in the NW Disappears N, 13° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:39–04:44	Bright mag -2.6	Appears N, 17° up Highest 40° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:56	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears ENE, 18° up Highest 18° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov 04:42–04:46	Bright mag -2.9	Appears W, 29° up Highest 33° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Kolwezi: 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

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

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.