ISS TonightSee the ISS from Nairobi, Kenya
The International Space Station is visible from Nairobi 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 18:49 (very bright, 89° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:45–18:50 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 16° up in the SE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Tue 3 Nov 20:22–20:23 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 13° up in the W Disappears W, 13° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:34–19:38 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 34° up in the NW Disappears N, 24° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:46–18:52 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 89° up in the WNW Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:36–05:41 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:48–18:53 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:36–05:43 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 75° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:51–04:55 |
Bright mag -2.7 |
Appears NNE, 33° up Highest 41° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 04:06–04:07 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears E, 14° up Highest 14° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:39–05:43 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 14° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:54–04:56 |
Bright mag -2.4 |
Appears SSW, 28° up Highest 28° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Fri 13 Nov 04:09–04:09 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears SSE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Nairobi (Africa/Nairobi). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Nairobi: 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.