Dark skies over Fortaleza, Brazil

The next moonless night in Fortaleza is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:37 to 03:57. 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 Nov18:36–01:316 h 54 min26% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:37–02:147 h 37 min18% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:37–02:568 h 19 min10% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:37–03:389 h 01 min5% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:37–03:579 h 20 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:38–03:579 h 19 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:38–03:579 h 19 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:38–03:579 h 19 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:28–03:578 h 29 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:19–03:577 h 38 min13% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:09–03:576 h 48 min20% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:56–03:576 h 00 min28% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:42–03:575 h 15 min37% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:24–03:574 h 32 min46% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:06–03:573 h 51 min56% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:47–03:573 h 10 min66% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:28–03:572 h 28 min75% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:12–03:571 h 45 min84% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:00–03:570 h 57 min91% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–97% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–97% lit
Thu 26 Nov18:45–19:521 h 07 min91% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:45–20:552 h 10 min83% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:46–21:523 h 06 min73% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:46–22:433 h 57 min63% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:47–23:304 h 43 min52% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:47–00:135 h 26 min41% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:48–00:556 h 08 min31% lit

Times are local to Fortaleza (America/Fortaleza). 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 Fortaleza: when the ISS passes over.

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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.