Dark skies over Los Angeles, United States

The next moonless night in Los Angeles is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:20 to 04:53. 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
Mon 2 Nov18:23–00:406 h 17 min34% lit
Tue 3 Nov18:22–01:457 h 22 min24% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:22–02:478 h 25 min16% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:21–03:489 h 27 min9% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:20–04:4910 h 29 min4% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:20–04:5310 h 33 min1% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:19–04:5410 h 35 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:18–04:5510 h 36 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:18–04:5610 h 38 min4% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:24–04:5610 h 33 min9% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:16–04:579 h 41 min15% lit
Fri 13 Nov20:12–04:588 h 45 min22% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:11–04:597 h 48 min30% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:09–05:006 h 50 min39% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:08–05:005 h 52 min48% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:07–05:014 h 54 min58% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:07–05:023 h 55 min68% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:08–05:032 h 55 min77% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:13–05:041 h 51 min86% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:21–05:040 h 43 min93% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–97% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–96% lit
Thu 26 Nov18:12–18:550 h 43 min89% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:12–20:101 h 58 min81% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:12–21:233 h 11 min71% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:12–22:324 h 21 min60% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:12–23:385 h 27 min49% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:12–00:416 h 30 min39% lit

Times are local to Los Angeles (America/Los Angeles). 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 Los Angeles: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in United States

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.