Dark skies over Madinah, Saudi Arabia

The next moonless night in Madinah is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:56 to 05:14. 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 Nov18:57–01:526 h 55 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:57–02:497 h 52 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:56–03:458 h 49 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:56–04:409 h 44 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:56–05:1410 h 19 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:55–05:1510 h 20 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:55–05:1510 h 20 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:54–05:1610 h 21 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:59–05:1610 h 17 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:50–05:179 h 27 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov20:44–05:178 h 34 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:38–05:187 h 40 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:33–05:196 h 46 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:27–05:195 h 53 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:20–05:205 h 00 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:14–05:204 h 07 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:09–05:213 h 12 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:06–05:222 h 16 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:06–05:221 h 16 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov05:11–05:230 h 12 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 Nov18:52–19:210 h 29 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:52–20:311 h 39 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:52–21:402 h 48 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:52–22:463 h 53 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:52–23:474 h 55 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:52–00:455 h 53 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:52–01:416 h 48 min33% lit

Times are local to Madinah (Asia/Riyadh). 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 Madinah: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Saudi Arabia

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.