See the ISS from Sadr City, Iraq

The International Space Station is visible from Sadr City 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 18:13 (very bright, 56° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
04:42–04:45
Very bright
mag -3.4
Appears NE, 63° up
Highest 63° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
03:57–03:57
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears ESE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:30–05:33
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears WSW, 16° up
Highest 18° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
04:45–04:46
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears S, 21° up
Highest 21° up in the S
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
18:56–18:56
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the S
Disappears S, 11° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:09–18:11
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 15° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 15° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:57–18:59
Bright
mag -2.2
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 35° up in the WSW
Disappears WSW, 35° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:09–18:14
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 56° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 34° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:59–19:01
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 22° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 22° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:11–18:16
Bright
mag -2.6
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 38° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 19° up

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

Also for Sadr City: 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 Iraq

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.