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).

WhenBrightnessWhere 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
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
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

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.