ISS TonightSee the ISS from Rome, Italy
The International Space Station is visible from Rome 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:34 (very bright, 44° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 05:00–05:02 |
Very bright mag -3.0 |
Appears S, 42° up Highest 42° up in the S Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 04:15–04:15 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears SE, 13° up Highest 13° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 05:03–05:03 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears S, 11° up Highest 11° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:31–18:32 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 13° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 19:19–19:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 16° up in the SW Disappears SW, 16° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:32–18:34 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 44° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 44° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:44–17:49 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 27° up in the SE Disappears E, 17° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 19:21–19:22 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 20° up in the W Disappears W, 20° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Rome (Europe/Rome). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Rome: 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 Italy
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.