See the ISS from Qom, Iran

The International Space Station is visible from Qom 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 18:44 (very bright, 80° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:12–05:16
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears W, 41° up
Highest 52° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:27–04:28
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears SE, 26° up
Highest 26° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:15–05:16
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears SSW, 14° up
Highest 14° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:40–18:41
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 19° up in the S
Disappears S, 19° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:53–17:56
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 14° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 13° up
Mon 9 Nov
19:28–19:29
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the WSW
Disappears WSW, 15° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:41–18:44
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 80° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 80° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:53–17:59
Very bright
mag -3.5
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 50° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 18° up
Wed 11 Nov
19:31–19:31
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 12° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:43–18:46
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 26° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 24° up

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

Also for Qom: 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 Iran

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.