Dark skies over Kyoto, Japan

The next moonless night in Kyoto is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:23 to 04:57. 5 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 Nov18:27–01:036 h 36 min31% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:26–02:077 h 41 min22% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:25–03:098 h 44 min14% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:24–04:119 h 47 min7% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:23–04:5710 h 34 min3% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:23–04:5810 h 35 min1% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:22–04:5910 h 37 min0% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:21–05:0010 h 38 min2% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:21–05:0110 h 40 min5% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:39–05:0110 h 22 min10% lit
Fri 13 Nov19:33–05:029 h 29 min17% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:31–05:038 h 33 min24% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:29–05:047 h 34 min33% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:29–05:056 h 36 min42% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:28–05:065 h 37 min51% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:28–05:064 h 39 min61% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:28–05:073 h 39 min71% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:31–05:082 h 37 min80% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:38–05:091 h 31 min88% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:48–05:100 h 22 min94% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–98% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–98% lit
Thu 26 NovMoon up all night–94% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:15–19:181 h 03 min87% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:15–20:332 h 18 min78% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:14–21:463 h 31 min68% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:14–22:554 h 41 min57% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:14–00:005 h 46 min46% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:14–01:036 h 49 min36% lit

Times are local to Kyoto (Asia/Tokyo). 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 Kyoto: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Japan

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.