Dark skies over Ilorin, Nigeria

The next moonless night in Ilorin is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:30 to 05:20. 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 Nov19:31–02:276 h 56 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:31–03:167 h 45 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:31–04:038 h 33 min11% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:30–04:519 h 21 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:30–05:209 h 49 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:30–05:209 h 49 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:30–05:209 h 50 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:30–05:209 h 50 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:03–05:209 h 18 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:54–05:218 h 27 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:46–05:217 h 35 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:36–05:216 h 45 min27% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:25–05:215 h 56 min36% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:13–05:215 h 09 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:59–05:224 h 23 min55% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:45–05:223 h 37 min65% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:32–05:222 h 50 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:22–05:232 h 01 min83% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:14–05:231 h 09 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov05:12–05:230 h 11 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 Nov19:33–20:260 h 53 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:33–21:321 h 58 min84% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:34–22:343 h 00 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:34–23:313 h 57 min64% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:34–00:244 h 50 min53% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:35–01:145 h 39 min42% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:35–02:016 h 26 min32% lit

Times are local to Ilorin (Africa/Lagos). 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 Ilorin: 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.