See the ISS from Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Space Station is visible from Mbuji-Mayi 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 05:28 (very bright, 64° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:18–19:23	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 64° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 25° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:21–19:24	Faint mag -0.8	Appears W, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:24–05:29	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears N, 10° up Highest 21° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 05:24–05:31	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 64° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:39–04:43	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears N, 37° up Highest 49° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:54–03:55	Faint mag -0.8	Appears E, 15° up Highest 15° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 05:27–05:31	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov 04:42–04:44	Bright mag -2.3	Appears SW, 26° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up

Times are local to Mbuji-Mayi (Africa/Lubumbashi). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Mbuji-Mayi: 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa · Lubumbashi · Kisangani · Kananga · Bukavu · Kolwezi

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.