Dark skies over Port Harcourt, Nigeria

The next moonless night in Port Harcourt is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:25 to 05:06. 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 Nov19:24–02:196 h 54 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:25–03:067 h 41 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:25–03:528 h 27 min11% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:25–04:389 h 13 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:25–05:069 h 41 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:25–05:069 h 41 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:25–05:069 h 41 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:25–05:069 h 41 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:00–05:069 h 06 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov20:52–05:068 h 14 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov21:43–05:067 h 23 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov22:33–05:066 h 34 min27% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:21–05:075 h 46 min36% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:07–05:075 h 00 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:52–05:074 h 15 min55% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:36–05:073 h 31 min65% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:22–05:072 h 46 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:09–05:081 h 58 min83% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:00–05:081 h 08 min90% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:56–05:080 h 12 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 Nov19:29–20:240 h 55 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:29–21:292 h 00 min84% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:29–22:303 h 00 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:30–23:253 h 55 min64% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:30–00:164 h 46 min53% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:31–01:045 h 34 min42% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:31–01:506 h 19 min32% lit

Times are local to Port Harcourt (Africa/Lagos). 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 Port Harcourt: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in Nigeria

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.