Dark skies over Antananarivo, Madagascar

The next moonless night in Antananarivo is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:18 to 03:48. 4 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 Nov19:15–01:456 h 30 min29% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:16–02:217 h 05 min20% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:16–02:567 h 39 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:17–03:318 h 14 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:18–03:488 h 30 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:19–03:488 h 29 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:19–03:478 h 28 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:20–03:478 h 27 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:05–03:467 h 41 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:57–03:466 h 48 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:46–03:455 h 59 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:31–03:455 h 14 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:11–03:444 h 33 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:49–03:443 h 55 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:24–03:443 h 19 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:59–03:432 h 45 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:33–03:432 h 10 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:09–03:431 h 34 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov02:48–03:420 h 54 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov03:32–03:420 h 10 min95% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–98% lit
Thu 26 Nov19:32–20:270 h 55 min93% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:33–21:271 h 54 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:33–22:192 h 46 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:34–23:053 h 31 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:35–23:454 h 10 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:36–00:224 h 46 min44% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:36–00:575 h 21 min33% lit

Times are local to Antananarivo (Indian/Antananarivo). 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 Antananarivo: when the ISS passes over.

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.