See the ISS from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The International Space Station is visible from Kuala Lumpur 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 19:58 (very bright, 54° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 20:42–20:44	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SW Disappears SW, 24° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:55–19:59	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 54° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 38° up
Thu 5 Nov 20:46–20:47	Faint mag -0.7	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 11° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:57–20:02	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:56–05:59	Faint mag -0.9	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:57–06:02	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears NNW, 21° up Highest 69° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 05:12–05:14	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears ENE, 26° up Highest 26° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 06:00–06:03	Bright mag -2.2	Appears WSW, 20° up Highest 20° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 05:15–05:16	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears SSE, 18° up Highest 18° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Kuala Lumpur: 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 Malaysia

Johor Bahru · Kampung Baru Subang · Petaling Jaya

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.