ISS TonightSee the ISS from Mombasa, Kenya
The International Space Station is visible from Mombasa 7 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 04:53 (bright, 48° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:44–18:50 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 14° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:34–19:38 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 14° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:46–18:52 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 40° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:56 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears NNW, 21° up Highest 48° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 04:06–04:08 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears ENE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:54–04:57 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears WSW, 26° up Highest 27° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 04:09–04:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SSE, 22° up Highest 22° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Mombasa (Africa/Nairobi). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Mombasa: 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 Kenya
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.