Dark skies over Kampala, Uganda

The next moonless night in Kampala is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:48 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
Tue 3 Nov19:47–02:366 h 48 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:47–03:217 h 33 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:47–04:048 h 17 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:47–04:499 h 01 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:48–05:189 h 30 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:48–05:189 h 30 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:48–05:189 h 30 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:48–05:189 h 30 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:24–05:188 h 54 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov21:16–05:188 h 02 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov22:06–05:187 h 12 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:55–05:186 h 23 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:42–05:185 h 36 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:27–05:184 h 51 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov01:10–05:184 h 08 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:53–05:183 h 26 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:36–05:192 h 43 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:21–05:191 h 58 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:10–05:191 h 09 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov05:03–05:190 h 16 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 Nov19:53–20:460 h 53 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:54–21:511 h 57 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:54–22:502 h 56 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:55–23:443 h 50 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:55–00:334 h 38 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:56–01:195 h 24 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:56–02:046 h 08 min33% lit

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