ISS TonightSee the ISS from Tripoli, Libya
The International Space Station is visible from Tripoli 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 18:46 (very bright, 83° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 06:00–06:04 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears NNW, 32° up Highest 48° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 05:15–05:16 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears ENE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the ENE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 06:48–06:53 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears W, 12° up Highest 22° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 06:03–06:06 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SW, 42° up Highest 42° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:18–05:18 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears SE, 14° up Highest 14° up in the SE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 19:29–19:29 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 11° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 20:16–20:17 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SW Disappears SW, 19° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 19:29–19:32 |
Very bright mag -3.5 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 48° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 48° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 18:42–18:47 |
Bright mag -2.5 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 24° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 12° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 20:18–20:20 |
Fairly bright mag -1.2 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 19° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 19° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 19:30–19:34 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 42° up in the NW Disappears N, 30° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 18:42–18:49 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 83° up in the NW Disappears NE, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Tripoli (Africa/Tripoli). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Tripoli: 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.
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.