See the ISS from Mexico City, Mexico

The International Space Station is visible from Mexico City 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 05:51 (very bright, 75° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 05:47–05:51	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears N, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:48–05:54	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears NW, 13° up Highest 75° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:09–19:11	Bright mag -2.1	Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears SE, 21° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:03–05:06	Bright mag -2.2	Appears NE, 32° up Highest 33° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:23–18:25	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears SE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:58–19:59	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 20° up in the W Disappears W, 20° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:51–05:55	Bright mag -2.3	Appears W, 18° up Highest 21° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 19:10–19:14	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 66° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 37° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:06–05:08	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears S, 25° up Highest 25° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 18:22–18:29	Very bright mag -3.5	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 51° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 19:13–19:17	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears W, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 18:24–18:30	Bright mag -2.1	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 29° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up

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

Also for Mexico City: 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

Tijuana · Iztapalapa · Puebla · Ecatepec de Morelos · Santiago de Queretaro · Leon de los Aldama · Ciudad Juarez · Zapopan

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.