See the ISS from Makassar, Indonesia

The International Space Station is visible from Makassar 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 18:22 (very bright, 54° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
19:07–19:11
Very bright
mag -3.3
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 56° up in the NW
Disappears N, 41° up
Wed 4 Nov
18:19–18:26
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 54° up in the SE
Disappears NE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
19:10–19:12
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
18:21–18:27
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 23° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
05:12–05:14
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears N, 10° up
Highest 27° up in the NE
Disappears NE, 27° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:25–04:29
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears NNE, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
05:13–05:14
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears NW, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 20° up
Wed 11 Nov
04:27–04:32
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears NNW, 33° up
Highest 70° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
03:42–03:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears E, 22° up
Highest 22° up in the E
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov
04:30–04:32
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SW, 20° up
Highest 20° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up

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

Also for Makassar: 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 Indonesia

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.