Dark skies over Muscat, Oman

The next moonless night in Muscat is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:41 to 04:58. 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 Nov18:43–01:356 h 52 min29% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:42–02:317 h 49 min20% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:42–03:278 h 45 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:41–04:219 h 40 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:41–04:5810 h 17 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:41–04:5910 h 18 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:40–04:5910 h 19 min0% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:40–05:0010 h 20 min2% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:44–05:0010 h 17 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:35–05:019 h 26 min11% lit
Fri 13 Nov20:28–05:018 h 34 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:22–05:027 h 40 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:16–05:026 h 46 min34% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:10–05:035 h 53 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:03–05:045 h 01 min53% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:56–05:044 h 08 min63% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:50–05:053 h 14 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:47–05:052 h 18 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:47–05:061 h 19 min89% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:51–05:060 h 16 min95% 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 Nov18:38–19:040 h 26 min93% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:38–20:141 h 36 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:38–21:232 h 45 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:38–22:283 h 50 min66% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:38–23:294 h 51 min55% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:38–00:275 h 49 min44% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:38–01:236 h 44 min34% lit

Times are local to Muscat (Asia/Muscat). 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 Muscat: 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.