How long is night in Moon Sweepers?

Nobody official has handed me one night length. A 60 minute cycle with 30 minutes of sun is one summary. A 20 minute loop, 13 minutes of day, 1 of sunset, and 6 of night, is another. A third comment says the studio never posted a clock.

Can I skip the night?

The cited community guides describe batteries and solar equipment as the way to keep production going after sunset; they do not identify a sleep or skip-night control. The solar wiki lists 4 kWh for a twin panel and 10 kWh for a tracker. Those are reported equipment values, not a calibrated promise of how many real-time minutes a factory will run.

Keep the competing clock reports separate. A battery plan depends on the active machine load and the game's time scale, so a clock quoted by one guide cannot establish a universal number of panels or battery banks. Check the listed machine draws and leave a reserve rather than treating either community clock as an official specification.

What I do at sunset

Check the listed 18 kW Stone Press load and the 10 kW Pressure Chamber load before expanding. The Packager source supplies no kW rating, and the Solar Array row is listed at 0 kW, so neither establishes an extra power budget. Official patch 1.0.4 adds Night Vision Goggles as a $350 suit upgrade, toggled with N; they improve visibility rather than powering machinery.

Published clock reports

Source	Reported cycle	Status
Wikily day/night search summary	60 minutes; 30 minutes sunlight	1 source; summary-level; access restricted
Moon Sweepers Guide power and night	20 minutes: 13 day + 1 sunset + 6 night	1 source; full page
Moon Sweepers Guide app	No reliable duration published	1 source; full page

Questions

How long is the night?

Not published as one number. Reports say either a long 60 minute cycle or a 6 minute night inside 20 minutes.

Can I sleep through it?

No sleep or skip control was documented. Batteries and night work are the written options.

Sources

Fextralife solar (current access restricted; retained from dated research) — checked 2026-11-10
Steam store — checked 2026-11-10
Moon Sweepers Guide app: night — checked 2026-11-10
Moon Sweepers Guide: power and night — checked 2026-11-10
Official 1.0.4 patch notes — checked 2026-11-10
Wikily day and night (research search summary; full page access restricted) — checked 2026-11-10

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