ISS TonightSee the ISS from Maiduguri, Nigeria
The International Space Station is visible from Maiduguri 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 05:08 (very bright, 75° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 19:09–19:11 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 28° up in the S Disappears S, 28° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:05–05:09 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:22–18:26 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 22° up in the SE Disappears E, 18° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:11–19:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NW Disappears NW, 25° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:06–05:12 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears NNW, 17° up Highest 75° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:23–18:29 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 62° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 12° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:21–04:24 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears ENE, 30° up Highest 30° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:12 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears WSW, 19° up Highest 19° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:26–18:29 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:25 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears S, 19° up Highest 19° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Maiduguri (Africa/Lagos). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Maiduguri: 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 Nigeria
Lagos · Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha
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.