See the ISS from Matola, Mozambique
The International Space Station is visible from Matola once in the next 10 days. It’s on Thu 12 Nov at 03:58 (faint, 11° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12 Nov 03:57–03:59 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Matola (Africa/Maputo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Matola: 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 Mozambique
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.