Dark skies over Pikine, Senegal

The next moonless night in Pikine is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:52 to 05:54. 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 Nov19:53–02:557 h 02 min27% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:53–03:467 h 54 min18% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:52–04:378 h 45 min11% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:52–05:289 h 35 min5% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:52–05:5410 h 02 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:52–05:5410 h 02 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:52–05:5410 h 03 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:52–05:5510 h 03 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:19–05:559 h 36 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov21:11–05:558 h 45 min13% lit
Fri 13 Nov22:03–05:567 h 53 min20% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:55–05:567 h 01 min28% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:46–05:566 h 10 min36% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:36–05:575 h 21 min46% lit
Tue 17 Nov01:25–05:574 h 32 min55% lit
Wed 18 Nov02:14–05:573 h 44 min65% lit
Thu 19 Nov03:04–05:582 h 54 min75% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:56–05:582 h 02 min83% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:52–05:591 h 06 min91% lit
Sun 22 Nov05:53–05:590 h 06 min96% 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 Nov19:52–20:440 h 51 min91% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:52–21:511 h 59 min84% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:53–22:553 h 03 min74% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:53–23:554 h 03 min63% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:53–00:514 h 58 min52% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:53–01:445 h 50 min42% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:54–02:346 h 41 min32% lit

Times are local to Pikine (Africa/Dakar). 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 Pikine: 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.