Dark skies over Shanghai, China

The next moonless night in Shanghai is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 18:23 to 04:52. 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
Tue 3 Nov18:26–01:066 h 40 min31% lit
Wed 4 Nov18:25–02:077 h 42 min21% lit
Thu 5 Nov18:24–03:078 h 43 min13% lit
Fri 6 Nov18:24–04:079 h 43 min7% lit
Sat 7 Nov18:23–04:5210 h 29 min3% lit
Sun 8 Nov18:23–04:5310 h 30 min1% lit
Mon 9 Nov18:22–04:5310 h 31 min0% lit
Tue 10 Nov18:22–04:5410 h 32 min2% lit
Wed 11 Nov18:21–04:5510 h 34 min5% lit
Thu 12 Nov18:51–04:5510 h 04 min10% lit
Fri 13 Nov19:45–04:569 h 11 min17% lit
Sat 14 Nov20:41–04:578 h 16 min24% lit
Sun 15 Nov21:38–04:587 h 19 min33% lit
Mon 16 Nov22:36–04:586 h 23 min42% lit
Tue 17 Nov23:33–04:595 h 26 min52% lit
Wed 18 Nov00:30–05:004 h 30 min62% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:28–05:013 h 32 min71% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:29–05:012 h 33 min80% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:33–05:021 h 29 min88% lit
Sun 22 Nov04:41–05:030 h 22 min94% lit
Mon 23 NovMoon up all night–98% lit
Tue 24 NovMoon up all night–100% lit
Wed 25 NovMoon up all night–98% lit
Thu 26 NovMoon up all night–94% lit
Fri 27 Nov18:16–19:301 h 13 min87% lit
Sat 28 Nov18:16–20:422 h 26 min78% lit
Sun 29 Nov18:16–21:533 h 36 min68% lit
Mon 30 Nov18:16–22:594 h 43 min57% lit
Tue 1 Dec18:16–00:025 h 46 min46% lit
Wed 2 Dec18:16–01:026 h 46 min35% lit

Times are local to Shanghai (Asia/Shanghai). 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 Shanghai: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in China

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.