See the ISS from Medellin, Colombia

The International Space Station is visible from Medellin 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 18:36 (very bright, 85° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
18:32–18:35
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 17° up
Wed 4 Nov
19:21–19:23
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 30° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 30° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:18–05:23
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears N, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
18:33–18:38
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 85° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 21° up
Sat 7 Nov
05:19–05:25
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears NW, 10° up
Highest 85° up in the SW
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:35–18:40
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
04:33–04:37
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears N, 25° up
Highest 37° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
03:48–03:49
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears E, 14° up
Highest 14° up in the E
Disappears E, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
05:21–05:25
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:36–04:39
Bright
mag -2.7
Appears SW, 32° up
Highest 32° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
03:51–03:51
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears SE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Medellin: 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 Colombia

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.