See the ISS from Onitsha, Nigeria

The International Space Station is visible from Onitsha 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 05:10 (very bright, 89° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Tue 3 Nov 19:54–19:56	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SW Disappears SW, 24° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the SE Disappears E, 31° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:57–19:59	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NW Disappears NW, 16° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:53–05:58	Bright mag -2.3	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 19° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:09–19:14	Bright mag -2.3	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 34° up in the NW Disappears N, 13° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:06–05:11	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears N, 10° up Highest 17° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:54–05:58	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 35° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 30° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:13	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears NW, 47° up Highest 89° up in the N Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:25	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears ESE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:13	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears SW, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up

Times are local to Onitsha (Africa/Lagos). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Onitsha: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

Coming up in the sky over Onitsha

Mars and Jupiter conjunction: Mon 16 Nov, 05:22: 1.2° apart, 68° up in the east
Leonid meteor shower: Night of 16–17 Nov: 02:14–05:07, up to about 13 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 02:10–05:07, up to about 13 an hour
Geminid meteor shower: Night of 13–14 Dec: 22:01–05:16, up to about 130 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 22:46–05:17, up to about 130 an hour

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 Nigeria

Lagos · Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Aba

Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.