Night sky tonight in North Dakota

Tonight's score out of 10 and the best hours for each North Dakota city we cover, worked out for its own position and time zone. Open a city for the full forecast: the Moon, planets, meteor showers, northern lights, ISS passes and clouds.

Cities in North Dakota

City	Tonight	Best time	Northern lights need
Fargo	…	…	Kp 6
Bismarck	…	…	Kp 6.1
Grand Forks	…	…	Kp 5.8
Minot	…	…	Kp 5.8
Williston	…	…	Kp 5.8
Dickinson	…	…	Kp 6.1

Scores before clouds; each city page adds the National Weather Service cloud forecast. Northern lights: see tonight's aurora outlook for North Dakota.

Darkness across North Dakota

How early it gets dark in midwinter and how short the summer nights get, city by city, and how far each city is from the nearest certified dark-sky place.

City	Sunset Dec 15	Full darkness Dec 15	Sunset Jun 15	Full darkness Jun 15	Nearest dark-sky place
Fargo	4:39 PM	11.8 h	9:24 PM	2.4 h	Voyageurs National Park, 216 mi NE
Bismarck	4:55 PM	11.8 h	9:39 PM	2.4 h	Medicine Rocks State Park, 184 mi W
Grand Forks	4:36 PM	11.8 h	9:29 PM	1.5 h	Voyageurs National Park, 199 mi E
Minot	4:51 PM	11.8 h	9:47 PM	1.2 h	Medicine Rocks State Park, 213 mi SW
Williston	4:01 PM	11.8 h	8:57 PM	1.2 h	Medicine Rocks State Park, 153 mi S
Dickinson	4:03 PM	11.8 h	8:48 PM	2.3 h	Medicine Rocks State Park, 98 mi SW

Moon-free nights in North Dakota, month by month

The runs of nights when the Moon is down for most of full darkness, worked out for Fargo; across the state the dates shift by a night at most.

November 2026: Nov 3–15
December 2026: Dec 2–14, Dec 31
January 2027: Jan 1–13, Jan 29–31
February 2027: Feb 1–10, Feb 27–28
March 2027: Mar 1–11, Mar 27–31
April 2027: Apr 1–9, Apr 26–30
May 2027: May 1–8, May 26–31
June 2027: Jun 1–8, Jun 30
July 2027: Jul 1–11, Jul 29–31
August 2027: Aug 1–6, Aug 8–10, Aug 27–31
September 2027: Sep 1–8, Sep 25–30
October 2027: Oct 1–7, Oct 24–31
November 2027: Nov 1–4, Nov 22–30
December 2027: Dec 1–4, Dec 20–31

Eclipses visible in North Dakota

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