See the ISS from Nagoya, Japan

The International Space Station is visible from Nagoya 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:03 (very bright, 61° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:33	Very bright mag -3.3	Appears ENE, 62° up Highest 62° up in the ENE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 03:45–03:45	Faint mag -0.5	Appears ESE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 05:18–05:21	Bright mag -2.1	Appears WSW, 17° up Highest 18° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:34	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears S, 19° up Highest 19° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:45–18:47	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the SW Disappears SW, 27° up
Tue 10 Nov 17:58–18:02	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 35° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 31° up
Wed 11 Nov 17:16–17:16	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears E, 12° up Highest 12° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:47–18:50	Bright mag -2.0	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 30° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 30° up
Thu 12 Nov 17:59–18:04	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 61° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 26° up

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

Also for Nagoya: 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 Japan

Tokyo · Yokohama · Osaka · Sapporo · Fukuoka · Kawasaki · Kobe · Kyoto

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.