See the ISS from Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Space Station is visible from Lubumbashi 6 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 04:42 (bright, 49° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:18–19:23	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears N, 11° up
Wed 4 Nov 18:32–18:36	Bright mag -2.8	Appears WSW, 33° up Highest 46° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:40–04:41	Faint mag -0.5	Appears NE, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:39–04:45	Bright mag -2.9	Appears NNW, 14° up Highest 49° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:57	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears NE, 21° up Highest 21° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov 04:42–04:46	Bright mag -2.6	Appears W, 21° up Highest 28° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up

Times are local to Lubumbashi (Africa/Lubumbashi). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Lubumbashi: 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa · Mbuji-Mayi · Kisangani · Kananga · Bukavu · Kolwezi

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.