See the ISS from Milan, Italy
The International Space Station is visible from Milan 5 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:34 (bright, 21° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:00–05:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears SSE, 22° up Highest 22° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
|
| Tue 10 Nov 19:19–19:20 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 13° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:32–18:34 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 21° up |
|
| Thu 12 Nov 17:46–17:49 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 11° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:20–19:22 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 25° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Milan (Europe/Rome). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Milan: 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 Italy
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.