See the ISS from Merida, Mexico

The International Space Station is visible from Merida 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 05:04 (very bright, 53° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:00–05:06
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears NNW, 10° up
Highest 30° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:15–04:17
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears NE, 16° up
Highest 16° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
19:10–19:11
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 17° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:03–05:07
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears WNW, 29° up
Highest 53° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
18:23–18:26
Bright
mag -2.9
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 31° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 31° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:18–04:20
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears ESE, 34° up
Highest 34° up in the ESE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
19:12–19:14
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 21° up
Sun 8 Nov
05:06–05:07
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears SW, 12° up
Highest 12° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:24–18:29
Bright
mag -2.9
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 47° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 22° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:42–17:43
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears NE, 22° up
Highest 22° up in the NE
Disappears NE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:27–18:30
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:41–17:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears NW, 23° up
Highest 23° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up

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

Also for Merida: 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 Mexico

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.