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Albuquerque sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:26 AM, sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:13 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (MDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:01 AM6:50 PM10:14 PM12:42 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:02 AM6:48 PM11:19 PM1:46 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:03 AM6:47 PM—2:41 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:03 AM6:46 PM12:29 AM3:27 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:04 AM6:44 PM1:40 AM4:06 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:05 AM6:43 PM2:51 AM4:38 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:06 AM6:41 PM3:58 AM5:07 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:07 AM6:40 PM5:04 AM5:33 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:07 AM6:39 PM6:07 AM6:00 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:08 AM6:37 PM7:11 AM6:27 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:09 AM6:36 PM8:13 AM6:56 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:10 AM6:35 PM9:16 AM7:29 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:11 AM6:33 PM10:19 AM8:07 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:11 AM6:32 PM11:19 AM8:50 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:12 AM6:31 PM12:15 PM9:39 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:13 AM6:30 PM1:05 PM10:33 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:14 AM6:28 PM1:49 PM11:31 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:15 AM6:27 PM2:28 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:16 AM6:26 PM3:01 PM12:30 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:17 AM6:25 PM3:30 PM1:31 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:17 AM6:23 PM3:57 PM2:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:18 AM6:22 PM4:23 PM3:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:19 AM6:21 PM4:50 PM4:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:20 AM6:20 PM5:18 PM5:40 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:21 AM6:19 PM5:49 PM6:48 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:22 AM6:18 PM6:27 PM8:00 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:23 AM6:17 PM7:12 PM9:14 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:24 AM6:16 PM8:06 PM10:28 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:25 AM6:15 PM9:10 PM11:37 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:26 AM6:14 PM10:20 PM12:36 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:26 AM6:13 PM11:32 PM1:26 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 6:12 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
  • Thu, Oct 8Draconids meteor shower peakUp to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
  • Mon, Oct 12 4:06 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky25° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
  • Tue, Oct 20Orionids meteor shower peakUp to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
  • Sun, Oct 25 10:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).