See the ISS from Luanda, Angola
The International Space Station is visible from Luanda 6 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 04:28 (very bright, 70° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 19:06–19:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:11–05:14 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 46° up in the NE Disappears NE, 46° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:29 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:14 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 19° up in the W Disappears W, 19° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:27–04:31 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears WNW, 44° up Highest 70° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 03:42–03:43 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears ESE, 26° up Highest 26° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Luanda (Africa/Luanda). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Luanda: 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 Angola
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.