ISS TonightSee the ISS from Madrid, Spain
The International Space Station is visible from Madrid 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 19:21 (very bright, 66° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:00–05:00 |
Faint mag -0.4 |
Appears E, 11° up Highest 11° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Tue 3 Nov 06:33–06:36 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears WSW, 26° up Highest 29° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 05:48–05:49 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears SSE, 25° up Highest 25° up in the SSE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 20:04–20:05 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 17° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 17° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:17–19:20 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears SE, 21° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:31–18:34 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 12° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 20:05–20:07 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 37° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:18–19:22 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 66° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 39° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Madrid (Europe/Madrid). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Madrid: 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 Spain
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.