Dark skies over Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The next moonless night in Kinshasa is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:03 to 04:21. 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 Nov19:02–01:496 h 47 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:02–02:327 h 30 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:02–03:148 h 12 min11% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:02–03:568 h 53 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:03–04:219 h 18 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:03–04:219 h 18 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:03–04:219 h 17 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:04–04:219 h 17 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:46–04:218 h 35 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:37–04:207 h 43 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:27–04:206 h 53 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:15–04:206 h 05 min27% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:00–04:205 h 20 min36% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:43–04:204 h 37 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:25–04:203 h 56 min55% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:05–04:203 h 15 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:47–04:202 h 34 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:30–04:201 h 51 min83% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:16–04:201 h 04 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:08–04:210 h 13 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 Nov19:10–20:080 h 58 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:11–21:112 h 01 min84% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:11–22:092 h 58 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:12–23:013 h 49 min64% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:12–23:484 h 35 min53% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:13–00:315 h 19 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:13–01:136 h 00 min32% lit

Times are local to Kinshasa (Africa/Kinshasa). 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 Kinshasa: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.