See the ISS from Mogadishu, Somalia

The International Space Station is visible from Mogadishu 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 18:04 (very bright, 46° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 18:47–18:50	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 37° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 36° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:37–19:38	Faint mag -0.8	Appears W, 10° up Highest 14° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 14° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:48–18:53	Bright mag -2.3	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 33° up in the NW Disappears N, 18° up
Fri 6 Nov 18:04–18:07	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears NNE, 46° up Highest 46° up in the NNE Disappears NE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:48–04:54	Bright mag -2.4	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 18:04–18:07	Fairly bright mag -1.0	Appears WNW, 15° up Highest 15° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:03–04:06	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears NE, 16° up Highest 17° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:56	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears WNW, 22° up Highest 34° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:06–04:08	Bright mag -2.5	Appears SSE, 40° up Highest 40° up in the SSE Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Mogadishu: 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.

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.