ISS TonightSee the ISS from Lilongwe, Malawi
The International Space Station is visible from Lilongwe 6 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 04:43 (very bright, 82° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 18:31–18:35 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 04:39–04:44 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 04:40–04:44 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 82° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 39° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:59 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears N, 23° up Highest 40° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 03:09–03:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears ENE, 17° up Highest 17° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 04:42–04:44 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 16° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Lilongwe (Africa/Blantyre). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Lilongwe: 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 Malawi
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.