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Columbia, MO sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:35 AM, sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:09 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (CDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:05 AM6:51 PM10:00 PM12:56 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:06 AM6:50 PM11:04 PM2:01 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:07 AM6:48 PM—2:55 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:08 AM6:47 PM12:16 AM3:40 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:09 AM6:45 PM1:30 AM4:15 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:10 AM6:43 PM2:43 AM4:45 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:11 AM6:42 PM3:54 AM5:11 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:12 AM6:40 PM5:02 AM5:35 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:12 AM6:39 PM6:09 AM5:59 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:13 AM6:37 PM7:15 AM6:23 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:14 AM6:36 PM8:21 AM6:50 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:15 AM6:34 PM9:26 AM7:20 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:16 AM6:33 PM10:31 AM7:55 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:17 AM6:32 PM11:33 AM8:37 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:18 AM6:30 PM12:30 PM9:25 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:19 AM6:29 PM1:20 PM10:19 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:20 AM6:27 PM2:04 PM11:18 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:21 AM6:26 PM2:40 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:22 AM6:24 PM3:11 PM12:20 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:24 AM6:23 PM3:39 PM1:23 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:25 AM6:22 PM4:03 PM2:26 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:26 AM6:20 PM4:27 PM3:30 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:27 AM6:19 PM4:50 PM4:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:28 AM6:18 PM5:15 PM5:43 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:29 AM6:16 PM5:44 PM6:54 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:30 AM6:15 PM6:18 PM8:08 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:31 AM6:14 PM7:00 PM9:25 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:32 AM6:13 PM7:52 PM10:41 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:33 AM6:12 PM8:55 PM11:51 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:34 AM6:10 PM10:07 PM12:51 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:35 AM6:09 PM11:21 PM1:39 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).