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Chesapeake, VA sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 7:27 AM, sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:09 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (EDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:00 AM6:48 PM10:02 PM12:40 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:01 AM6:47 PM11:06 PM1:45 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:02 AM6:45 PM—2:41 PMLast quarter · 49%
Sun, Oct 47:03 AM6:44 PM12:16 AM3:27 PMWaning crescent · 38%
Mon, Oct 57:03 AM6:42 PM1:29 AM4:05 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:04 AM6:41 PM2:40 AM4:36 PMWaning crescent · 18%
Wed, Oct 77:05 AM6:39 PM3:49 AM5:04 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:06 AM6:38 PM4:56 AM5:30 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Fri, Oct 97:07 AM6:36 PM6:01 AM5:55 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:08 AM6:35 PM7:06 AM6:21 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:09 AM6:34 PM8:10 AM6:49 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:09 AM6:32 PM9:14 AM7:21 PMWaxing crescent · 4%
Tue, Oct 137:10 AM6:31 PM10:17 AM7:57 PMWaxing crescent · 9%
Wed, Oct 147:11 AM6:30 PM11:18 AM8:39 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:12 AM6:28 PM12:15 PM9:27 PMWaxing crescent · 23%
Fri, Oct 167:13 AM6:27 PM1:05 PM10:21 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:14 AM6:26 PM1:50 PM11:19 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:15 AM6:24 PM2:28 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:16 AM6:23 PM3:00 PM12:20 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:17 AM6:22 PM3:29 PM1:21 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:18 AM6:20 PM3:55 PM2:23 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:19 AM6:19 PM4:20 PM3:25 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:20 AM6:18 PM4:46 PM4:29 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:21 AM6:17 PM5:12 PM5:34 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:22 AM6:16 PM5:43 PM6:43 AMWaxing gibbous · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:22 AM6:14 PM6:18 PM7:56 AMFull moon · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:23 AM6:13 PM7:01 PM9:11 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:24 AM6:12 PM7:54 PM10:26 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:25 AM6:11 PM8:57 PM11:35 AMWaning gibbous · 84%
Fri, Oct 307:26 AM6:10 PM10:07 PM12:36 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:27 AM6:09 PM11:20 PM1:26 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 8:12 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 6:06 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
  • Mon, Oct 26 12:12 AMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).