When can I see the ISS over Maputo tonight?

The next ISS pass over Maputo starts at 15:37 local time on Friday 16 Oct, reaching 80° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Sunday 25 Oct at 19:57, reaching 18°.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Maputo — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Maputo, Mozambique for the next 3 days, in local Maputo time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Maputo

Sunday 25 Oct · 19:57 · 18°

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Times shift and most passes cross in daylight — we email you the day before each pass genuinely visible, and only when the sky will be clear, over Maputo: dark sky, station still lit by the Sun. Never watch an empty sky.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Friday 16 Oct	15:37	80°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	23:49	30°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Saturday 17 Oct	01:27	14°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 17 Oct	14:50	44°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	16:29	12°	~3 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	23:03	17°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Sunday 18 Oct	00:39	27°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Sunday 18 Oct	14:03	22°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	15:40	20°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	22:17	10°	~1 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Sunday 18 Oct	23:51	57°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Monday 19 Oct	13:18	11°	~2 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	14:52	36°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	23:04	62°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

When will the International Space Station pass over Maputo?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Maputo above 10° in the next 10 days: 35. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 1.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Maputo is on Friday 16 Oct at 15:37 local time, reaching 80° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Sunday 25 Oct at 19:57 (18° above the horizon).

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. Daytime passes in the table are invisible to the eye.
Maputo sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.