ISS TonightSee the ISS from Madinah, Saudi Arabia
The International Space Station is visible from Madinah 13 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 05:32 (very bright, 87° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:44 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears NNE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:35 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 22° up Highest 87° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:47 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears ENE, 38° up Highest 38° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:41–19:41 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SW, 14° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:33–05:35 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears WSW, 19° up Highest 19° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:53–18:56 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 42° up in the SE Disappears SE, 42° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:48–04:49 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SSE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:06–18:11 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 11° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:43–19:44 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 16° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:55–18:59 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the NW Disappears N, 26° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:07–18:13 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 83° up in the NW Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:58–19:01 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:09–18:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Madinah (Asia/Riyadh). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Madinah: 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 Saudi Arabia
Jeddah · Riyadh · Makkah · Dammam · Sultanah
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.