ISS TonightSee the ISS from Shymkent, Kazakhstan
The International Space Station is visible from Shymkent 5 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:43 (very bright, 62° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:09–05:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears S, 23° up Highest 23° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:39–18:41 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 19° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 17:53–17:56 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 13° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 11° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:27–19:29 |
Fairly bright mag -1.3 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 21° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 21° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:40–18:43 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 62° up in the SE Disappears SE, 62° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Shymkent (Asia/Almaty). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Shymkent: 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 Kazakhstan
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.