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).

WhenBrightnessWhere 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
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
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
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
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
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

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.