See the ISS from Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

The International Space Station is visible from Sulaymaniyah 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 04:42 (very bright, 73° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
04:42–04:45
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears SSE, 73° up
Highest 73° up in the SSE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
03:57–03:57
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears ESE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:30–05:32
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears WSW, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
04:45–04:46
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears S, 15° up
Highest 15° up in the S
Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:10–18:11
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 13° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:58–18:59
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 25° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 25° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:10–18:14
Very bright
mag -3.5
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 46° up in the SE
Disappears E, 41° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:23–17:28
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 25° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:59–19:01
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 24° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 24° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:11–18:16
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 47° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 28° up

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

Also for Sulaymaniyah: 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 Iraq

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.