See the ISS from Salvador, Brazil

The International Space Station is visible from Salvador 4 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 04:21 (very bright, 89° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
18:09–18:15
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
04:18–04:22
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears NNE, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
04:18–04:25
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears NW, 10° up
Highest 89° up in the NE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 12 Nov
03:33–03:37
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears NNE, 30° up
Highest 36° up in the NE
Disappears ESE, 10° up

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

Also for Salvador: 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

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.