Dark skies over Samara, Russia

The next moonless night in Samara is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:56 to 05:50. 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
Tue 3 Nov19:02–01:396 h 37 min29% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:00–03:008 h 00 min20% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:59–04:209 h 21 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:57–05:3910 h 41 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:56–05:5010 h 54 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:54–05:5210 h 57 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:53–05:5311 h 00 min0% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:52–05:5511 h 03 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:50–05:5611 h 06 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:49–05:5811 h 09 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov18:59–06:0011 h 01 min18% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:08–06:019 h 53 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:22–06:038 h 41 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:37–06:047 h 27 min44% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:53–06:056 h 12 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:09–06:074 h 57 min63% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:27–06:083 h 41 min73% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:48–06:102 h 21 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov05:14–06:110 h 57 min90% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–95% 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 NovMoon up all night–93% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:35–18:560 h 21 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:34–20:281 h 54 min76% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:33–22:003 h 27 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:33–23:274 h 54 min55% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:32–00:506 h 17 min44% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:32–02:107 h 37 min33% lit

Times are local to Samara (Europe/Samara). 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 Samara: 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.