Dark skies over Ottawa, Canada

The next moonless night in Ottawa is Fri 6 Nov, dark from 18:24 to 05:09. 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
Mon 2 Nov18:28–00:255 h 57 min35% lit
Tue 3 Nov18:27–01:397 h 12 min25% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:26–02:508 h 25 min17% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:25–04:019 h 36 min10% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:24–05:0910 h 45 min5% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:22–05:1010 h 48 min1% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:21–05:1110 h 50 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:20–05:1210 h 52 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:19–05:1410 h 54 min4% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:18–05:1510 h 56 min8% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:33–05:1610 h 43 min14% lit
Fri 13 Nov19:32–05:179 h 45 min21% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:36–05:188 h 42 min29% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:42–05:207 h 37 min38% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:49–05:216 h 32 min47% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:56–05:225 h 26 min57% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:04–05:234 h 19 min67% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:15–05:243 h 10 min76% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:28–05:251 h 57 min85% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:46–05:260 h 40 min92% 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 NovMoon up all night–90% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:08–19:321 h 24 min82% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:08–20:542 h 47 min72% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:07–22:144 h 07 min62% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:07–23:305 h 23 min51% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:07–00:426 h 36 min40% lit

Times are local to Ottawa (America/Toronto). 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 Ottawa: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Canada

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.