ISS TonightSee the ISS from Mwanza, Tanzania
The International Space Station is visible from Mwanza 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 19:36 (very bright, 55° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 20:21–20:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.5 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 22° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 22° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:32–19:38 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 55° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 19° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:36–19:38 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:38–05:38 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears NE, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:36–05:43 |
Very bright mag -3.0 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 50° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:54 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears NE, 20° up Highest 21° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:39–05:43 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears W, 18° up Highest 26° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:54–04:56 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears S, 40° up Highest 40° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Mwanza (Africa/Dar es Salaam). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Mwanza: 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 Tanzania
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.