Dark skies over Houston, United States

The next moonless night in Houston is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:51 to 05:18. 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
Mon 2 Nov18:54–01:106 h 16 min35% lit
Tue 3 Nov18:54–02:117 h 18 min25% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:53–03:118 h 18 min16% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:52–04:099 h 17 min9% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:52–05:0810 h 16 min4% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:51–05:1810 h 27 min1% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:51–05:1910 h 28 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:50–05:2010 h 30 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:50–05:2010 h 31 min4% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:03–05:2110 h 18 min8% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:55–05:229 h 27 min14% lit
Fri 13 Nov20:50–05:238 h 33 min21% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:46–05:237 h 37 min29% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:43–05:246 h 41 min38% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:39–05:255 h 45 min48% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:36–05:254 h 50 min58% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:33–05:263 h 53 min67% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:31–05:272 h 56 min77% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:33–05:271 h 55 min85% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:38–05:280 h 50 min92% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–97% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–96% lit
Thu 26 Nov18:45–19:320 h 47 min90% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:45–20:451 h 59 min82% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:45–21:553 h 10 min72% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:45–23:024 h 17 min61% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:45–00:065 h 20 min50% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:45–01:066 h 20 min39% lit

Times are local to Houston (America/Chicago). 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 Houston: 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.