See the ISS from Ra's Bayrut, Lebanon

The International Space Station is visible from Ra's Bayrut 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 17:13 (very bright, 73° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
03:42–03:43
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears E, 18° up
Highest 18° up in the E
Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov
05:15–05:19
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears W, 14° up
Highest 23° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:30–04:32
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears SSW, 40° up
Highest 40° up in the SSW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
03:45–03:45
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears SE, 12° up
Highest 12° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:43–18:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 17° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:56–17:59
Very bright
mag -3.1
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 36° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 36° up
Tue 10 Nov
17:09–17:14
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 19° up in the SE
Disappears E, 11° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:45–18:47
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 23° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 23° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:57–18:01
Very bright
mag -3.3
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 56° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 35° up
Thu 12 Nov
17:09–17:16
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 73° up in the SE
Disappears NE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:48–18:49
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 12° up

Times are local to Ra's Bayrut (Asia/Beirut). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Ra's Bayrut: 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 Lebanon

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.