See the ISS from Palembang, Indonesia

The International Space Station is visible from Palembang 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 04:15 (very bright, 51° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
19:42–19:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 17° up
Wed 4 Nov
18:54–18:59
Bright
mag -2.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 44° up in the NW
Disappears N, 22° up
Thu 5 Nov
18:12–18:13
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears NE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the NE
Disappears NE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:58–05:00
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears NE, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the NE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:13–18:13
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears NNW, 14° up
Highest 14° up in the NNW
Disappears N, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:58–05:04
Very bright
mag -3.1
Appears NNW, 10° up
Highest 56° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:12–04:16
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears NNE, 19° up
Highest 24° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
05:00–05:05
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears WNW, 14° up
Highest 24° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
04:15–04:18
Very bright
mag -3.2
Appears SSW, 51° up
Highest 51° up in the SSW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 13 Nov
03:30–03:30
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears SE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up

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

Also for Palembang: 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 Indonesia

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.