ISS TonightSee the ISS from Sanaa, Yemen
The International Space Station is visible from Sanaa 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sun 8 Nov at 04:48 (very bright, 57° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov 05:31–05:38 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 58° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:51–18:53 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 36° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 36° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:45–04:50 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears N, 15° up Highest 26° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 18:04–18:08 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SE Disappears E, 13° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:41–19:41 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 11° up in the W Disappears W, 11° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:00–04:01 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears ENE, 12° up Highest 12° up in the ENE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:33–05:39 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:52–18:56 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 31° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 26° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:48–04:51 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears W, 54° up Highest 57° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 18:04–18:11 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 75° up in the NW Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 04:03–04:04 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears SE, 17° up Highest 17° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:07–18:11 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Sanaa (Asia/Aden). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Sanaa: 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 Yemen
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.