Dark skies over Dublin, Ireland

The next moonless night in Dublin is Fri 6 Nov, dark from 18:43 to 05:34. 7 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 Nov18:47–01:386 h 50 min27% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:46–02:598 h 13 min18% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:44–04:189 h 34 min11% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:43–05:3410 h 52 min5% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:41–05:3610 h 55 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:40–05:3810 h 58 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:38–05:3911 h 01 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:37–05:4111 h 04 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:35–05:4211 h 07 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:34–05:4411 h 10 min13% lit
Fri 13 Nov18:54–05:4510 h 52 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:04–05:479 h 43 min27% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:19–05:488 h 30 min36% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:34–05:507 h 15 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:50–05:516 h 01 min55% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:07–05:534 h 46 min65% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:25–05:543 h 29 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:47–05:562 h 08 min83% lit
Sat 21 Nov05:14–05:570 h 43 min91% 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 Nov18:20–18:550 h 35 min84% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:19–20:282 h 09 min74% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:19–21:593 h 40 min64% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:18–23:265 h 08 min53% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:18–00:486 h 30 min42% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:17–02:077 h 50 min32% lit

Times are local to Dublin (Europe/Dublin). 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 Dublin: 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.