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Baton Rouge, LA sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 7:18 AM, sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:17 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (CDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 16:58 AM6:49 PM10:25 PM12:21 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 26:58 AM6:48 PM11:29 PM1:26 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 36:59 AM6:47 PM—2:23 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 46:59 AM6:46 PM12:37 AM3:12 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:00 AM6:44 PM1:46 AM3:53 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:01 AM6:43 PM2:53 AM4:28 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:01 AM6:42 PM3:58 AM5:00 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:02 AM6:41 PM5:00 AM5:30 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:02 AM6:40 PM6:01 AM5:59 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:03 AM6:38 PM7:01 AM6:29 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:04 AM6:37 PM8:01 AM7:01 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:04 AM6:36 PM9:01 AM7:37 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:05 AM6:35 PM10:01 AM8:16 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:06 AM6:34 PM11:00 AM9:01 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:06 AM6:33 PM11:55 AM9:50 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:07 AM6:32 PM12:46 PM10:43 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:08 AM6:31 PM1:32 PM11:40 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:08 AM6:29 PM2:12 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:09 AM6:28 PM2:48 PM12:37 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:10 AM6:27 PM3:20 PM1:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:10 AM6:26 PM3:50 PM2:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:11 AM6:25 PM4:19 PM3:31 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:12 AM6:24 PM4:48 PM4:31 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:13 AM6:23 PM5:19 PM5:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:13 AM6:22 PM5:54 PM6:37 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:14 AM6:21 PM6:33 PM7:45 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:15 AM6:21 PM7:21 PM8:56 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:16 AM6:20 PM8:16 PM10:08 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:16 AM6:19 PM9:20 PM11:16 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:17 AM6:18 PM10:29 PM12:17 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:18 AM6:17 PM11:39 PM1:09 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 7:12 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 5:06 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 11:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).