See the ISS from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The International Space Station is visible from Phnom Penh 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 18:14 (very bright, 89° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
18:57–18:59
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 23° up in the S
Disappears S, 23° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:54–04:56
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears NE, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the NE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
18:11–18:14
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SE
Disappears E, 14° up
Fri 6 Nov
18:59–19:02
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 36° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 34° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:54–05:00
Bright
mag -2.9
Appears NNW, 15° up
Highest 47° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:11–18:17
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 89° up in the ESE
Disappears NE, 12° up
Sun 8 Nov
04:09–04:11
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears NE, 21° up
Highest 21° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:57–05:01
Bright
mag -2.7
Appears W, 26° up
Highest 28° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:13–18:18
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
04:12–04:13
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears SSE, 23° up
Highest 23° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Phnom Penh: 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 Cambodia

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.