Can you see the northern lights in Mo i Rana in November?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Mo i Rana have civil darkness, and 10% of past November days reached Kp 5.

How dark is Mo i Rana in November?

Mo i Rana averages 15.8 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 23 min on the 1st to 16 h 59 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Mo i Rana in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Mo i Rana's 1 degree cell 79% mean cloud in November, against 80% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Mo i Rana?

By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Mo i Rana. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is November or December better in Mo i Rana?

By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.3 hours at Mo i Rana and December 3.5. December comes out ahead.

Mo i Rana · November 2026

Northern lights in Mo i Rana in November 2026

Answer

November gives Mo i Rana 15.8 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 79% mean cloud. 10% of November days since 1996 reached storm level, Kp 5.

15.8 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 66.31, 14.14; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November against the rest of the year

3.7

2.7

2.2

1.3

0.0

0.9

1.6

2.1

3.3

3.5

November cloud at Mo i Rana averages 79% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, close to its yearly mean of 80%. January is Mo i Rana's clearest month at 78%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 3.3 hours at Mo i Rana, 3rd of 12. Bodø, 108 km away, averages 83%, cloudier by 4 points.

Civil night at Mo i Rana starts November at 14 h 23 min and reaches 16 h 59 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 2.6 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.5 hours on the 15th.

November night by night

November opens toward a new moon on Nov 9, with full moon on Nov 24, in Europe/Oslo dates. Mo i Rana gets 245 hours of civil night with the moon below the horizon across the month. The best of them for moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM: Nov 4 (4 h), Nov 5 (4 h), Nov 6 (4 h).

1
49% lit
4.0 h
2
38% lit
6.3 h
3
28% lit
8.3 h
4
19% lit
10.1 h
5
11% lit
11.9 h
6
6% lit
13.8 h
7
2% lit
15.0 h
8
0% lit
15.1 h
9
1% lit
15.2 h
New
10
3% lit
15.3 h
11
7% lit
15.4 h
12
12% lit
15.5 h
13
19% lit
15.6 h
14
27% lit
15.7 h
15
36% lit
13.1 h
16
45% lit
11.0 h
17
55% lit
9.3 h
18
65% lit
7.6 h
19
74% lit
5.9 h
20
83% lit
4.1 h
21
90% lit
2.2 h
22
96% lit
0.0 h
23
99% lit
0.0 h
24
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
25
97% lit
0.0 h
26
92% lit
0.0 h
27
84% lit
0.0 h
28
75% lit
2.6 h
29
64% lit
5.0 h
30
53% lit
7.0 h

Each cell is the night that starts on that date. Hours are civil-dark time with the moon below the horizon; the green rule scales with them. Green outline: new moon. Bone outline: full moon.

Activity in past Novembers

Quiet activity already puts the oval edge over Mo i Rana, so storm days matter more: 93 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (10%) reached Kp 5, 7th of 12 months. Mo i Rana sits at 65.2 degrees geomagnetic, inside SWPC's 60 to 75 degree band, where aurora can be seen on more than half of all nights. No storm is needed: by SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 1.

November across Norway

Mo i Rana ranks 5th in Norway for civil night on November 15, behind Alta at 16.7 hours. Coming from October (12.5 hours at Mo i Rana), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (17.7 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on November 15 and November cloud, month-page towns in Norway
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Alta	16.7 h	81%
Tromsø	16.6 h	84%
Harstad	16.4 h	82%
Bodø	16.0 h	83%
Mo i Rana	15.8 h	79%
Levanger	15.3 h	82%
Trondheim	15.2 h	82%
Kristiansund	15.2 h	82%
Stjørdalshalsen	15.2 h	82%
Ålesund	15.1 h	84%
Molde	15.1 h	84%
Lillehammer	14.9 h	77%

Darkness and moon, every night

Mo i Rana, November 2026: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Sun Nov 1	14 h 23 min	10 h 19 min	4 h 3 min	0 min	49%
Mon Nov 2	14 h 29 min	10 h 24 min	6 h 17 min	50 min	38%
Tue Nov 3	14 h 35 min	10 h 30 min	8 h 15 min	2 h 46 min	28%
Wed Nov 4	14 h 41 min	10 h 36 min	10 h 6 min	4 h	19%
Thu Nov 5	14 h 47 min	10 h 41 min	11 h 55 min	4 h	11%
Fri Nov 6	14 h 54 min	10 h 47 min	13 h 46 min	4 h	6%
Sat Nov 7	15 h	10 h 52 min	15 h	4 h	2%
Sun Nov 8	15 h 6 min	10 h 57 min	15 h 6 min	4 h	0%
Mon Nov 9	15 h 12 min	11 h 2 min	15 h 12 min	4 h	1%
Tue Nov 10	15 h 18 min	11 h 7 min	15 h 18 min	4 h	3%
Wed Nov 11	15 h 23 min	11 h 12 min	15 h 23 min	4 h	7%
Thu Nov 12	15 h 29 min	11 h 17 min	15 h 29 min	4 h	12%
Fri Nov 13	15 h 35 min	11 h 22 min	15 h 35 min	4 h	19%
Sat Nov 14	15 h 41 min	11 h 27 min	15 h 41 min	4 h	27%
Sun Nov 15	15 h 46 min	11 h 31 min	13 h 5 min	4 h	36%
Mon Nov 16	15 h 52 min	11 h 36 min	11 h 1 min	4 h	45%
Tue Nov 17	15 h 57 min	11 h 40 min	9 h 15 min	3 h 27 min	55%
Wed Nov 18	16 h 3 min	11 h 44 min	7 h 34 min	1 h 43 min	65%
Thu Nov 19	16 h 8 min	11 h 49 min	5 h 52 min	0 min	74%
Fri Nov 20	16 h 13 min	11 h 53 min	4 h 6 min	0 min	83%
Sat Nov 21	16 h 18 min	11 h 57 min	2 h 10 min	0 min	90%
Sun Nov 22	16 h 23 min	12 h 1 min	0 min	0 min	96%
Mon Nov 23	16 h 28 min	12 h 4 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Tue Nov 24	16 h 33 min	12 h 8 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Wed Nov 25	16 h 38 min	12 h 12 min	0 min	0 min	97%
Thu Nov 26	16 h 42 min	12 h 15 min	0 min	0 min	92%
Fri Nov 27	16 h 47 min	12 h 18 min	0 min	0 min	84%
Sat Nov 28	16 h 51 min	12 h 22 min	2 h 36 min	0 min	75%
Sun Nov 29	16 h 55 min	12 h 25 min	5 h	0 min	64%
Mon Nov 30	16 h 59 min	12 h 28 min	7 h 3 min	26 min	53%

Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Mo i Rana in November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Mo i Rana have civil darkness, and 10% of past November days reached Kp 5.
How dark is Mo i Rana in November?: Mo i Rana averages 15.8 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 23 min on the 1st to 16 h 59 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Mo i Rana in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Mo i Rana's 1 degree cell 79% mean cloud in November, against 80% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Mo i Rana?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Mo i Rana. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Mo i Rana?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.3 hours at Mo i Rana and December 3.5. December comes out ahead.

Sources and verification

SunCalchttps://github.com/mourner/suncalc
NASA POWER climatologyhttps://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/temporal/climatology/
GFZ Potsdam Kp indexhttps://kp.gfz.de/en/data
NOAA SWPC, Tips on viewing the aurorahttps://www.spaceweather.gov/content/tips-viewing-aurora

Quoted figures last checked against their sources on 2026-09-30; next review 2026-12-31. Computed figures come from SunCalc and the IGRF-14 dipole as described in the methodology. Every quote is listed in the sources ledger.