See the ISS from Medan, Indonesia

The International Space Station is visible from Medan 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sun 8 Nov at 05:46 (very bright, 71° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:42–19:44	Bright mag -2.2	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 32° up
Wed 4 Nov 18:55–18:59	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears S, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SE Disappears E, 23° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:44–19:47	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears W, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NW Disappears NW, 17° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:42–05:47	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears N, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:56–19:02	Bright mag -2.5	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:43–05:48	Very bright mag -3.7	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 71° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 27° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:57–05:02	Bright mag -2.8	Appears N, 26° up Highest 44° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:12–04:13	Faint mag -0.9	Appears E, 17° up Highest 17° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 05:46–05:48	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SW Disappears SW, 13° up
Wed 11 Nov 05:00–05:03	Bright mag -2.5	Appears SW, 28° up Highest 28° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 04:15–04:16	Faint mag -0.8	Appears SSE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Medan: 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

Jakarta · Surabaya · Bekasi · Bandung · Depok · Tangerang · Palembang · Semarang

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.