Dark skies over Xi'an, China

The next moonless night in Xi'an is Sat 7 Nov, dark from 19:11 to 05:44. 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 Nov19:14–01:556 h 41 min30% lit
Wed 4 Nov19:13–02:597 h 45 min21% lit
Thu 5 Nov19:13–04:018 h 48 min13% lit
Fri 6 Nov19:12–05:029 h 50 min7% lit
Sat 7 Nov19:11–05:4410 h 33 min3% lit
Sun 8 Nov19:11–05:4510 h 34 min1% lit
Mon 9 Nov19:10–05:4610 h 36 min0% lit
Tue 10 Nov19:09–05:4610 h 37 min2% lit
Wed 11 Nov19:09–05:4710 h 39 min6% lit
Thu 12 Nov19:33–05:4810 h 15 min11% lit
Fri 13 Nov20:27–05:499 h 22 min17% lit
Sat 14 Nov21:24–05:508 h 25 min25% lit
Sun 15 Nov22:23–05:517 h 27 min33% lit
Mon 16 Nov23:22–05:516 h 29 min42% lit
Tue 17 Nov00:21–05:525 h 31 min52% lit
Wed 18 Nov01:20–05:534 h 33 min62% lit
Thu 19 Nov02:20–05:543 h 34 min71% lit
Fri 20 Nov03:23–05:552 h 32 min80% lit
Sat 21 Nov04:29–05:551 h 27 min88% lit
Sun 22 Nov05:39–05:560 h 17 min95% 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–94% lit
Fri 27 Nov19:03–20:131 h 10 min87% lit
Sat 28 Nov19:03–21:282 h 25 min78% lit
Sun 29 Nov19:03–22:403 h 37 min67% lit
Mon 30 Nov19:03–23:484 h 45 min56% lit
Tue 1 Dec19:03–00:535 h 50 min45% lit
Wed 2 Dec19:03–01:556 h 53 min35% lit

Times are local to Xi'an (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 Xi'an: 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.