See the ISS from Mashhad, Iran

The International Space Station is visible from Mashhad 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 17:58 (very bright, 77° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
03:39–03:40
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears E, 21° up
Highest 21° up in the E
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov
05:12–05:16
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears W, 13° up
Highest 17° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:27–04:29
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears SSW, 27° up
Highest 27° up in the SSW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:41–18:41
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 12° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:54–17:56
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 27° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 27° up
Tue 10 Nov
17:07–17:11
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SE
Disappears E, 12° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:43–18:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the W
Disappears W, 21° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:55–17:59
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 77° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 59° up
Thu 12 Nov
17:07–17:13
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 55° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 14° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:45–18:46
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 15° up

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

Also for Mashhad: 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 Iran

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.