See the ISS from Tehran, Iran

The International Space Station is visible from Tehran 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 18:44 (very bright, 68° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:12–05:15
Very bright
mag -3.3
Appears WSW, 37° up
Highest 42° up in the SW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:27–04:28
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears SE, 24° up
Highest 24° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:15–05:15
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears SSW, 11° up
Highest 11° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
18:40–18:41
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the S
Disappears S, 17° up
Mon 9 Nov
17:54–17:56
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 14° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 13° up
Mon 9 Nov
19:29–19:29
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the WSW
Disappears WSW, 13° up
Tue 10 Nov
18:41–18:44
Very bright
mag -3.5
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 68° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 68° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:53–17:59
Very bright
mag -3.4
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 46° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 21° up
Wed 11 Nov
19:31–19:31
Faint
mag -0.5
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 12° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:43–18:46
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 28° up in the NW
Disappears NNW, 28° up

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

Also for Tehran: 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 Iran

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.