Dark skies over Soshanguve, South Africa

The next moonless night in Soshanguve is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:50 to 03:51. 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 Nov19:47–02:096 h 22 min28% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:47–02:416 h 54 min19% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:48–03:137 h 24 min12% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:49–03:457 h 56 min6% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:50–03:518 h 01 min2% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:51–03:507 h 59 min0% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:52–03:507 h 58 min1% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:53–03:497 h 56 min3% lit
Wed 11 Nov20:43–03:487 h 06 min7% lit
Thu 12 Nov21:35–03:486 h 13 min12% lit
Fri 13 Nov22:22–03:475 h 25 min19% lit
Sat 14 Nov23:05–03:464 h 42 min26% lit
Sun 15 Nov23:43–03:464 h 03 min35% lit
Mon 16 Nov00:18–03:453 h 28 min45% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:50–03:452 h 55 min54% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:21–03:442 h 23 min64% lit
Thu 19 Nov01:52–03:441 h 52 min74% lit
Fri 20 Nov02:25–03:431 h 18 min82% lit
Sat 21 Nov03:00–03:430 h 42 min90% lit
Sun 22 NovMoon up all night–96% 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 Nov20:08–21:050 h 57 min92% lit
Fri 27 Nov20:09–22:021 h 54 min85% lit
Sat 28 Nov20:10–22:522 h 42 min75% lit
Sun 29 Nov20:11–23:333 h 23 min65% lit
Mon 30 Nov20:12–00:103 h 58 min54% lit
Tue 1 Dec20:12–00:434 h 31 min43% lit
Wed 2 Dec20:13–01:155 h 02 min33% lit

Times are local to Soshanguve (Africa/Johannesburg). 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 Soshanguve: when the ISS passes over.

Other cities in South Africa

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.