Dark skies over Helsinki, Finland

The next moonless night in Helsinki is Fri 6 Nov, dark from 18:36 to 05:32. 8 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 Nov18:42–01:136 h 30 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:40–02:458 h 05 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:38–04:169 h 38 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:36–05:3210 h 55 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:34–05:3410 h 59 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:32–05:3611 h 03 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:30–05:3811 h 07 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:29–05:4011 h 11 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:27–05:4211 h 15 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:25–05:4411 h 19 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov18:23–05:4611 h 22 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov18:51–05:4810 h 57 min27% lit
Sun 15 Nov20:21–05:509 h 28 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov21:51–05:518 h 01 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:19–05:536 h 34 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:47–05:555 h 09 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:16–05:573 h 41 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:49–05:592 h 10 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov05:28–06:010 h 32 min90% 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 NovMoon up all night–85% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:04–19:291 h 25 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:03–21:173 h 14 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:03–22:584 h 55 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:02–00:326 h 30 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:01–02:028 h 01 min33% lit

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