Dark skies over Ankara, Turkey

The next moonless night in Ankara is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:12 to 05:52. 5 of the next 30 nights have no Moon at all during full darkness.

Dark here means astronomical darkness (the Sun at least 18° below the horizon) with the Moon below the horizon: the best conditions for faint stars, the Milky Way and astrophotography. Light pollution and weather aren’t included.

Night ofMoon-free dark hoursTotalMoon
Tue 3 Nov19:15–02:086 h 53 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:14–03:168 h 01 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:14–04:219 h 08 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:13–05:2710 h 14 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:12–05:5210 h 41 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:11–05:5310 h 42 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:10–05:5410 h 44 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:09–05:5510 h 46 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:08–05:5610 h 48 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:27–05:5710 h 30 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov20:23–05:589 h 35 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:23–05:598 h 36 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:25–06:007 h 35 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:28–06:016 h 33 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:30–06:025 h 32 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:34–06:034 h 30 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:38–06:043 h 26 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:46–06:052 h 19 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:57–06:061 h 09 min90% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–96% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–97% lit
Thu 26 NovMoon up all night–92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:00–20:151 h 14 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:00–21:332 h 32 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:00–22:483 h 48 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:00–00:005 h 00 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:00–01:096 h 09 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:00–02:157 h 15 min33% lit

Times are local to Ankara (Europe/Istanbul). Each bar runs from midday to midday: grey is full darkness with the Moon up, dark blue is full darkness with no Moon.

Also for Ankara: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Turkey

Computed with astronomy-engine from the Sun’s and Moon’s positions; moonrise and moonset follow the standard almanac definition. Checked against timeanddate.com and the US Naval Observatory for London, November 2026. Updated twice a day.