ISS TonightSee the ISS from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The International Space Station is visible from Ouagadougou 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 18:59 (very bright, 78° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 19:44–19:44 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 12° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:38–05:38 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NNW Disappears NNW, 11° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:56–18:59 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 78° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 78° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:51–04:56 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 18:09–18:14 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 31° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 13° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:06–04:07 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears NE, 11° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:58–19:02 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 14° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:54–04:58 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears WNW, 42° up Highest 65° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:10–18:16 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 41° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 04:09–04:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears ESE, 23° up Highest 23° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:57–04:58 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SW, 12° up Highest 12° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Ouagadougou (Africa/Ouagadougou). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Ouagadougou: 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 Burkina Faso
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.