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Des Moines sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 7:45 AM, sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:10 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (CDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:11 AM6:55 PM9:54 PM1:12 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:12 AM6:54 PM10:59 PM2:17 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:13 AM6:52 PM—3:11 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:14 AM6:50 PM12:11 AM3:53 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:15 AM6:49 PM1:27 AM4:27 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:16 AM6:47 PM2:43 AM4:54 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:17 AM6:45 PM3:56 AM5:18 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:18 AM6:44 PM5:07 AM5:40 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:20 AM6:42 PM6:16 AM6:02 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:21 AM6:40 PM7:24 AM6:24 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:22 AM6:39 PM8:31 AM6:49 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:23 AM6:37 PM9:39 AM7:17 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:24 AM6:36 PM10:45 AM7:51 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:25 AM6:34 PM11:49 AM8:31 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:26 AM6:33 PM12:46 PM9:19 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:27 AM6:31 PM1:37 PM10:14 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:28 AM6:29 PM2:19 PM11:14 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:30 AM6:28 PM2:54 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:31 AM6:26 PM3:24 PM12:17 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:32 AM6:25 PM3:49 PM1:22 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:33 AM6:23 PM4:11 PM2:27 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:34 AM6:22 PM4:33 PM3:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:35 AM6:21 PM4:54 PM4:41 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:37 AM6:19 PM5:17 PM5:51 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:38 AM6:18 PM5:44 PM7:04 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:39 AM6:16 PM6:16 PM8:21 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:40 AM6:15 PM6:56 PM9:40 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:41 AM6:14 PM7:47 PM10:57 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:42 AM6:12 PM8:50 PM12:08 PMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:44 AM6:11 PM10:02 PM1:06 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:45 AM6:10 PM11:18 PM1:53 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).