ISS TonightSee the ISS from Vientiane, Laos
The International Space Station is visible from Vientiane 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 04:55 (very bright, 73° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 05:38–05:44 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears NNW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:51–04:55 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 16° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 05:39–05:45 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 46° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 18:59–19:02 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 55° up in the S Disappears S, 55° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:54–04:58 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears NNW, 46° up Highest 73° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:12–18:17 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 16° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:09–04:10 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears ESE, 18° up Highest 18° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:02–19:05 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 22° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 19° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 04:57–04:59 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears SSW, 18° up Highest 18° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:13–18:20 |
Bright mag -2.9 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 46° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 18:17–18:19 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Vientiane (Asia/Vientiane). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Vientiane: 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.