Dark skies over Minsk, Belarus

The next moonless night in Minsk is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:26 to 06:21. 6 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 Nov19:32–02:146 h 42 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:30–03:368 h 05 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:29–04:569 h 27 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:27–06:1610 h 48 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:26–06:2110 h 55 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:24–06:2210 h 58 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:23–06:2411 h 01 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:21–06:2611 h 04 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:20–06:2711 h 07 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:19–06:2911 h 10 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov19:27–06:3011 h 03 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:38–06:329 h 54 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:53–06:348 h 40 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:10–06:357 h 25 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:27–06:376 h 10 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:44–06:384 h 54 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov03:03–06:393 h 37 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov04:25–06:412 h 16 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov05:52–06:420 h 50 min90% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–96% 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 NovMoon up all night–92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:04–19:270 h 23 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:03–21:011 h 57 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:03–22:333 h 31 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:02–00:014 h 59 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:02–01:256 h 23 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:01–02:457 h 44 min33% lit

Times are local to Minsk (Europe/Minsk). 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 Minsk: when the ISS passes over.

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.