ISS TonightSee the ISS from Lagos, Nigeria
The International Space Station is visible from Lagos 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sun 8 Nov at 05:57 (very bright, 58° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 19:54–19:56 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 28° up in the S Disappears S, 28° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 22° up in the SE Disappears E, 18° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 19:56–19:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the NW Disappears NW, 24° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:53–05:58 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:08–19:14 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 60° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 11° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:07–05:09 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 05:54–06:00 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears NW, 12° up Highest 58° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:11–19:14 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:13 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears NNE, 52° up Highest 54° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:24 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears ESE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 05:57–05:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSW, 18° up Highest 18° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Lagos (Africa/Lagos). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Lagos: 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 Nigeria
Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha · Aba
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.