Dark skies over Freetown, Sierra Leone

The next moonless night in Freetown is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:42 to 05:31. 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 Nov19:42–02:416 h 59 min27% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:42–03:297 h 48 min18% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:42–04:178 h 35 min11% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:42–05:059 h 23 min5% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:42–05:319 h 49 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:42–05:319 h 49 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:42–05:319 h 50 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:42–05:319 h 50 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:16–05:319 h 15 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov21:08–05:328 h 24 min13% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:59–05:327 h 33 min20% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:50–05:326 h 42 min27% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:39–05:325 h 54 min36% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:26–05:335 h 06 min46% lit
Tue 17 Nov01:13–05:334 h 20 min55% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:59–05:333 h 34 min65% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:46–05:332 h 47 min75% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:35–05:341 h 58 min83% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:28–05:341 h 06 min91% lit
Sun 22 Nov05:26–05:340 h 09 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 Nov19:44–20:400 h 56 min91% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:45–21:462 h 02 min84% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:45–22:483 h 03 min74% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:45–23:454 h 00 min64% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:45–00:384 h 52 min53% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:46–01:275 h 41 min42% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:46–02:156 h 29 min32% lit

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