Dark skies over Kigali, Rwanda

The next moonless night in Kigali is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:01 to 04:25. 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 Nov19:00–01:476 h 47 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:00–02:317 h 31 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:00–03:148 h 14 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:00–03:578 h 57 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:01–04:259 h 25 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:01–04:259 h 24 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:01–04:259 h 24 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:01–04:259 h 24 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:39–04:258 h 46 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:31–04:257 h 54 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:22–04:257 h 03 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:10–04:256 h 15 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:56–04:255 h 29 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:40–04:254 h 45 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:22–04:254 h 03 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:04–04:253 h 21 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:46–04:252 h 39 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:30–04:251 h 55 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:18–04:251 h 08 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:10–04:250 h 15 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 Nov19:07–20:020 h 54 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:08–21:051 h 58 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:08–22:042 h 56 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:09–22:573 h 49 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:09–23:454 h 36 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:10–00:305 h 21 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:10–01:136 h 03 min33% lit

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