Dark skies over Philadelphia, United States

The next moonless night in Philadelphia is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:24 to 05:05. 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
Mon 2 Nov18:28–00:326 h 04 min35% lit
Tue 3 Nov18:27–01:417 h 14 min25% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:26–02:488 h 21 min17% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:25–03:539 h 28 min10% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:24–04:5910 h 34 min5% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:24–05:0510 h 41 min1% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:23–05:0610 h 43 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:22–05:0710 h 45 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:21–05:0810 h 47 min4% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:20–05:0910 h 48 min8% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:56–05:1010 h 14 min14% lit
Fri 13 Nov19:53–05:119 h 18 min21% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:54–05:128 h 18 min29% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:56–05:137 h 17 min38% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:58–05:146 h 15 min47% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:01–05:145 h 13 min57% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:05–05:154 h 11 min67% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:10–05:163 h 06 min76% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:19–05:171 h 59 min85% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:31–05:180 h 47 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 Nov18:13–18:330 h 20 min90% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:12–19:501 h 38 min82% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:12–21:082 h 56 min72% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:12–22:224 h 10 min62% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:12–23:335 h 21 min51% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:12–00:416 h 29 min40% lit

Times are local to Philadelphia (America/New York). 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 Philadelphia: when the ISS passes over.

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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.