See the ISS from Paris, France

The International Space Station is visible from Paris once in the next 10 days. It’s on Thu 12 Nov at 19:22 (fairly bright, 23° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Thu 12 Nov
19:20–19:22
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 23° up in the S
Disappears S, 23° up

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

Also for Paris: 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 France

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.