See the ISS from Kyoto, Japan

The International Space Station is visible from Kyoto 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:02 (very bright, 68° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:33	Bright mag -2.9	Appears ENE, 51° up Highest 51° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:21	Bright mag -2.3	Appears WSW, 20° up Highest 21° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:34	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears S, 19° up Highest 19° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:45–18:47	Bright mag -2.1	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 30° up
Tue 10 Nov 17:58–18:02	Bright mag -2.9	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 31° up in the SE Disappears E, 26° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:47–18:50	Bright mag -2.3	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 35° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 35° up
Thu 12 Nov 17:59–18:04	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 68° up in the NW Disappears NE, 24° up

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

Also for Kyoto: 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 · Kobe

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.