See the ISS from Shubra al Khaymah, Egypt

The International Space Station is visible from Shubra al Khaymah 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 05:17 (very bright, 58° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:15–05:20
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears WNW, 20° up
Highest 58° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:30–04:33
Very bright
mag -3.2
Appears E, 59° up
Highest 59° up in the E
Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
03:45–03:45
Faint
mag -0.3
Appears ESE, 10° up
Highest 10° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:18–05:20
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears WSW, 15° up
Highest 15° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:33–04:34
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears S, 15° up
Highest 15° up in the S
Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:42–18:44
Bright
mag -2.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 41° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 41° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:55–17:59
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 34° up in the SE
Disappears E, 23° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:44–18:47
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 28° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 28° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:56–18:01
Very bright
mag -3.1
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 52° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 16° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:48–18:49
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears NW, 10° up
Highest 10° up in the NNW
Disappears NNW, 10° up

Times are local to Shubra al Khaymah (Africa/Cairo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Shubra al Khaymah: 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 Egypt

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.