Dark skies over Mashhad, Iran

The next moonless night in Mashhad is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 17:57 to 04:33. 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 Nov18:00–00:506 h 50 min29% lit
Wed 4 Nov17:59–01:547 h 55 min20% lit
Thu 5 Nov17:59–02:588 h 59 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov17:58–04:0010 h 02 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov17:57–04:3310 h 36 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov17:56–04:3410 h 37 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov17:56–04:3510 h 39 min0% lit
Tue 10 Nov17:55–04:3510 h 41 min2% lit
Wed 11 Nov17:54–04:3610 h 42 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:20–04:3710 h 17 min11% lit
Fri 13 Nov19:15–04:389 h 23 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:14–04:398 h 25 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:13–04:407 h 26 min34% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:13–04:416 h 27 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:14–04:425 h 28 min53% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:14–04:424 h 28 min63% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:16–04:433 h 27 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:21–04:442 h 24 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:29–04:451 h 16 min89% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–95% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–99% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–98% lit
Thu 26 NovMoon up all night–93% lit
Fri 27 Nov17:48–19:041 h 17 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov17:48–20:202 h 32 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov17:47–21:333 h 45 min66% lit
Mon 30 Nov17:47–22:424 h 55 min55% lit
Tue 1 Dec17:47–23:486 h 01 min44% lit
Wed 2 Dec17:47–00:527 h 04 min34% lit

Times are local to Mashhad (Asia/Tehran). 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 Mashhad: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Iran

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.