See the ISS from Valencia, Spain

The International Space Station is visible from Valencia 8 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 12 Nov at 19:21 (very bright, 77° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
05:00–05:01
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears E, 16° up
Highest 16° up in the E
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Tue 3 Nov
06:33–06:37
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears W, 18° up
Highest 24° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov
05:48–05:50
Bright
mag -2.4
Appears S, 32° up
Highest 32° up in the S
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
20:04–20:05
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 16° up
Tue 10 Nov
19:17–19:20
Bright
mag -2.8
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 32° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 32° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:30–18:34
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 19° up in the SE
Disappears E, 12° up
Wed 11 Nov
20:06–20:07
Fairly bright
mag -1.5
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 25° up in the W
Disappears W, 25° up
Thu 12 Nov
19:18–19:22
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 77° up in the NW
Disappears NE, 53° up

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

Also for Valencia: 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 Spain

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.