ISS TonightSee the ISS from Lima, Peru
The International Space Station is visible from Lima 5 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 3 Nov at 18:30 (very bright, 87° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:30–18:34 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears SW, 76° up Highest 87° up in the NW Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:31–18:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears WNW, 14° up Highest 16° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:37–04:42 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 03:51–03:53 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears NE, 11° up Highest 12° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:39–04:44 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears WNW, 23° up Highest 53° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Lima (America/Lima). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Lima: 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 Peru
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.