ISS TonightSee the ISS from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The International Space Station is visible from Riyadh 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 04:45 (very bright, 72° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:42–04:46 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears N, 15° up Highest 25° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 03:57–03:58 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears NE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:30–05:36 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:49 |
Very bright mag -3.9 |
Appears WNW, 57° up Highest 72° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 18:08–18:08 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears SE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SE Disappears SE, 11° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:00–04:01 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears ESE, 19° up Highest 19° up in the ESE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:54–18:56 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 33° up in the SW Disappears SW, 33° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:48–04:49 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears SSW, 13° up Highest 13° up in the SSW Disappears SSW, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:07–18:11 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 49° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 31° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:57–18:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NW Disappears NW, 18° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:08–18:14 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 33° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 14° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:13–18:13 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 10° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Riyadh (Asia/Riyadh). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Riyadh: 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 Saudi Arabia
Jeddah · Makkah · Madinah · Dammam · Sultanah
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.