See the ISS from Munich, Germany

The International Space Station is visible from Munich 4 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:34 (fairly bright, 16° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
05:00–05:01
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears S, 15° up
Highest 15° up in the S
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:33–18:34
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 16° up
Thu 12 Nov
17:47–17:49
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 12° up
Thu 12 Nov
19:21–19:22
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 16° up

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

Also for Munich: 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 Germany

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.