Dark skies over Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The next moonless night in Dar es Salaam is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:30 to 04:42. 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 Nov19:29–02:126 h 43 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:29–02:547 h 24 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:30–03:348 h 05 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:30–04:158 h 45 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:30–04:429 h 11 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:31–04:419 h 11 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:31–04:419 h 10 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:32–04:419 h 10 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:12–04:418 h 29 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov21:04–04:417 h 37 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:54–04:416 h 47 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:41–04:416 h 00 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:26–04:405 h 15 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:08–04:404 h 33 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:48–04:403 h 52 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:28–04:403 h 13 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:08–04:402 h 32 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:50–04:401 h 51 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:35–04:401 h 06 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:25–04:400 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 Nov19:39–20:340 h 55 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:39–21:361 h 57 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:40–22:342 h 53 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:41–23:253 h 44 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:41–00:114 h 30 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:42–00:535 h 12 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:42–01:345 h 52 min33% lit

Times are local to Dar es Salaam (Africa/Dar es Salaam). 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 Dar es Salaam: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Tanzania

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.