When can I see the ISS over Kinshasa tonight?

The next ISS pass over Kinshasa starts at 23:49 local time on Monday 24 Aug, reaching 11° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Tuesday 1 Sept at 19:00, reaching 20°.

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 Kinshasa — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Kinshasa

Tuesday 1 Sept · 19:00 · 20°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Kinshasa: Wed 2 Sept, 19:48

We'll email you the day before — and before every genuinely visible pass after that. Most crossings happen in daylight; we skip those.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Monday 24 Aug	23:49	11°	~3 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Tuesday 25 Aug	11:25	40°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 25 Aug	21:25	10°	~2 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 25 Aug	22:59	25°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 26 Aug	10:37	75°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	22:11	62°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 27 Aug	09:49	30°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	21:23	49°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 28 Aug	09:02	13°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	10:38	19°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Friday 28 Aug	20:35	21°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 28 Aug	22:13	12°	~3 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 29 Aug	09:49	43°	~7 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Kinshasa?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Kinshasa above 10° in the next 10 days: 26. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 3.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Kinshasa is on Monday 24 Aug at 23:49 local time, reaching 11° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Tuesday 1 Sept at 19:00 (20° 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.
Kinshasa sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.