ISS TonightSee the ISS from Yaounde, Cameroon
The International Space Station is visible from Yaounde 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 19:10 (very bright, 81° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 19:55–19:56 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 16° up in the WSW Disappears WSW, 16° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:07–19:11 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 81° up in the WNW Disappears NNE, 58° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:20–18:26 |
Very bright mag -3.2 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 38° up in the SE Disappears NE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:10–19:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:07–05:12 |
Fairly bright mag -1.7 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 24° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:21–18:27 |
Bright mag -2.2 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 32° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:21–04:23 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:09–05:14 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears NW, 20° up Highest 54° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:24–04:27 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears E, 48° up Highest 48° up in the E Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 05:12–05:13 |
Fairly bright mag -1.4 |
Appears WSW, 11° up Highest 11° up in the SW Disappears SW, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:27–04:28 |
Fairly bright mag -1.1 |
Appears S, 13° up Highest 13° up in the S Disappears S, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Yaounde (Africa/Douala). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Yaounde: 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 Cameroon
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.