See the ISS from Recife, Brazil

The International Space Station is visible from Recife 5 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 03:33 (very bright, 74° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 18:11–18:16	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 20° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 04:16–04:23	Bright mag -2.7	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 43° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 03:30–03:35	Fairly bright mag -1.4	Appears NNE, 13° up Highest 19° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov 04:18–04:24	Bright mag -2.7	Appears WNW, 11° up Highest 30° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov 03:33–03:37	Very bright mag -3.9	Appears WNW, 64° up Highest 74° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up

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

Also for Recife: 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 Brazil

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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.