See the ISS from Sendai, Japan

The International Space Station is visible from Sendai 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:04 (very bright, 66° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 04:30–04:33	Very bright mag -3.4	Appears SSW, 50° up Highest 50° up in the SSW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 03:45–03:45	Faint mag -0.9	Appears SE, 15° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:33–04:33	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears SSW, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:47–18:47	Faint mag -0.8	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SW Disappears SW, 13° up
Tue 10 Nov 17:59–18:02	Bright mag -2.8	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 34° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 34° up
Wed 11 Nov 17:12–17:17	Bright mag -2.2	Appears S, 10° up Highest 20° up in the SE Disappears E, 14° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:48–18:50	Fairly bright mag -1.2	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 20° up in the W Disappears W, 20° up
Thu 12 Nov 18:00–18:04	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 66° up in the NW Disappears N, 57° up

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

Also for Sendai: 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 Japan

Tokyo · Yokohama · Osaka · Nagoya · Sapporo · Fukuoka · Kawasaki · Kobe

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.