Dark skies over Asmara, Eritrea

The next moonless night in Asmara is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:06 to 05:09. 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 Nov19:07–02:016 h 54 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:07–02:537 h 46 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:07–03:448 h 37 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:06–04:359 h 28 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:06–05:0910 h 03 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:06–05:0910 h 03 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:06–05:1010 h 04 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:06–05:1010 h 04 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:25–05:109 h 46 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:16–05:118 h 55 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:08–05:118 h 03 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:00–05:117 h 11 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:52–05:126 h 20 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:42–05:125 h 30 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:31–05:124 h 41 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:21–05:133 h 52 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:11–05:133 h 03 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:03–05:142 h 11 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:59–05:141 h 15 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:59–05:140 h 16 min96% 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 Nov19:06–19:460 h 40 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:06–20:541 h 48 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:07–21:592 h 53 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:07–23:003 h 54 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:07–23:574 h 50 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:07–00:505 h 43 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:08–01:416 h 34 min33% lit

Times are local to Asmara (Africa/Asmara). 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 Asmara: 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.