Dark skies over Blantyre, Malawi

The next moonless night in Blantyre is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:02 to 03:44. 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 Nov19:00–01:346 h 35 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:00–02:127 h 12 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:01–02:487 h 48 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:01–03:258 h 24 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:02–03:448 h 42 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:03–03:448 h 41 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:03–03:438 h 40 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:04–03:438 h 39 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:50–03:427 h 53 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:42–03:427 h 01 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:30–03:426 h 11 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:16–03:415 h 26 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:58–03:414 h 44 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:36–03:414 h 05 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:13–03:413 h 28 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:49–03:402 h 52 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:25–03:402 h 15 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:02–03:401 h 38 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov02:43–03:400 h 57 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov03:29–03:400 h 11 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 Nov19:14–20:120 h 57 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:15–21:121 h 57 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:16–22:062 h 50 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:17–22:533 h 36 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:17–23:344 h 17 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:18–00:134 h 55 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:19–00:505 h 31 min33% lit

Times are local to Blantyre (Africa/Blantyre). 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 Blantyre: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Malawi

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.