ISS TonightSee the ISS from Lusaka, Zambia
The International Space Station is visible from Lusaka 5 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 13 Nov at 04:44 (very bright, 38° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 19:18–19:21 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 18:34–18:35 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears NNW, 21° up Highest 21° up in the NNW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 04:40–04:46 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:57 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears NNE, 15° up Highest 17° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 04:42–04:47 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears WNW, 17° up Highest 38° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Lusaka (Africa/Lusaka). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Lusaka: 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.
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.