See the ISS from Sokoto, Nigeria

The International Space Station is visible from Sokoto 9 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 19:13 (very bright, 83° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 05:51–05:55	Faint mag -0.9	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov 19:09–19:11	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears SE, 15° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:57–19:59	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 26° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:51–05:58	Very bright mag -3.3	Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 63° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:09–19:14	Very bright mag -3.9	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 83° up in the SE Disappears NE, 32° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:06–05:10	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears NNE, 23° up Highest 27° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 05:54–05:58	Bright mag -2.4	Appears W, 15° up Highest 22° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:12–19:17	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears W, 10° up Highest 18° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:11	Bright mag -2.7	Appears S, 39° up Highest 39° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up

Times are local to Sokoto (Africa/Lagos). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Sokoto: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

Coming up in the sky over Sokoto

Mars and Jupiter conjunction: Mon 16 Nov, 05:38: 1.2° apart, 72° up in the east
Leonid meteor shower: Night of 16–17 Nov: 02:10–05:22, up to about 13 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 02:06–05:22, up to about 14 an hour
Geminid meteor shower: Night of 13–14 Dec: 21:59–05:34, up to about 140 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 22:46–05:34, up to about 140 an hour

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 Nigeria

Lagos · Kano · Ibadan · Abuja · Port Harcourt · Kaduna · Benin City · Onitsha

Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.