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Athens sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 6:49 AM, sunset from 7:08 PM to 5:27 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (GMT+3).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:20 AM7:08 PM10:01 PM12:45 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Fri, Oct 27:21 AM7:06 PM11:02 PM1:53 PMWaning gibbous · 64%
Sat, Oct 37:22 AM7:05 PM—2:51 PMLast quarter · 52%
Sun, Oct 47:23 AM7:03 PM12:12 AM3:39 PMWaning crescent · 41%
Mon, Oct 57:24 AM7:02 PM1:25 AM4:18 PMWaning crescent · 30%
Tue, Oct 67:25 AM7:00 PM2:38 AM4:50 PMWaning crescent · 20%
Wed, Oct 77:25 AM6:59 PM3:49 AM5:18 PMWaning crescent · 12%
Thu, Oct 87:26 AM6:57 PM4:57 AM5:43 PMWaning crescent · 6%
Fri, Oct 97:27 AM6:56 PM6:03 AM6:07 PMWaning crescent · 2%
Sat, Oct 107:28 AM6:54 PM7:09 AM6:32 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:29 AM6:53 PM8:14 AM6:58 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:30 AM6:51 PM9:19 AM7:28 PMWaxing crescent · 3%
Tue, Oct 137:31 AM6:50 PM10:23 AM8:02 PMWaxing crescent · 8%
Wed, Oct 147:32 AM6:49 PM11:25 AM8:42 PMWaxing crescent · 14%
Thu, Oct 157:33 AM6:47 PM12:24 PM9:28 PMWaxing crescent · 21%
Fri, Oct 167:34 AM6:46 PM1:17 PM10:21 PMWaxing crescent · 29%
Sat, Oct 177:35 AM6:44 PM2:03 PM11:18 PMWaxing crescent · 38%
Sun, Oct 187:36 AM6:43 PM2:42 PM—First quarter · 47%
Mon, Oct 197:37 AM6:42 PM3:15 PM12:19 AMWaxing gibbous · 57%
Tue, Oct 207:38 AM6:40 PM3:44 PM1:21 AMWaxing gibbous · 66%
Wed, Oct 217:39 AM6:39 PM4:10 PM2:23 AMWaxing gibbous · 75%
Thu, Oct 227:40 AM6:38 PM4:34 PM3:26 AMWaxing gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 237:41 AM6:37 PM4:58 PM4:30 AMWaxing gibbous · 90%
Sat, Oct 247:42 AM6:35 PM5:24 PM5:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 96%
Sun, Oct 256:43 AM5:34 PM4:52 PM5:45 AMWaxing gibbous · 99%
Mon, Oct 266:44 AM5:33 PM5:24 PM6:58 AMFull moon · 100%
Tue, Oct 276:45 AM5:32 PM6:04 PM8:13 AMWaning gibbous · 98%
Wed, Oct 286:46 AM5:30 PM6:54 PM9:30 AMWaning gibbous · 93%
Thu, Oct 296:47 AM5:29 PM7:54 PM10:42 AMWaning gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 306:48 AM5:28 PM9:02 PM11:45 AMWaning gibbous · 77%
Sat, Oct 316:49 AM5:27 PM10:16 PM12:37 PMWaning gibbous · 66%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 3:12 PMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
  • Fri, Oct 9Draconids meteor shower peakUp to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
  • Mon, Oct 12 1:06 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky25° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
  • Wed, Oct 21Orionids meteor shower peakUp to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
  • Mon, Oct 26 6:12 AMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).