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Durham sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:10 AM to 7:37 AM, sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:20 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (EDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:10 AM6:59 PM10:15 PM12:49 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:11 AM6:57 PM11:19 PM1:54 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:12 AM6:56 PM—2:49 PMLast quarter · 49%
Sun, Oct 47:13 AM6:54 PM12:29 AM3:36 PMWaning crescent · 38%
Mon, Oct 57:13 AM6:53 PM1:41 AM4:14 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:14 AM6:51 PM2:52 AM4:46 PMWaning crescent · 18%
Wed, Oct 77:15 AM6:50 PM4:01 AM5:14 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:16 AM6:49 PM5:07 AM5:40 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Fri, Oct 97:17 AM6:47 PM6:12 AM6:06 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:18 AM6:46 PM7:16 AM6:32 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:19 AM6:45 PM8:19 AM7:01 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:19 AM6:43 PM9:23 AM7:33 PMWaxing crescent · 4%
Tue, Oct 137:20 AM6:42 PM10:25 AM8:10 PMWaxing crescent · 9%
Wed, Oct 147:21 AM6:40 PM11:26 AM8:52 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:22 AM6:39 PM12:23 PM9:41 PMWaxing crescent · 23%
Fri, Oct 167:23 AM6:38 PM1:14 PM10:34 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:24 AM6:37 PM1:58 PM11:32 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:25 AM6:35 PM2:36 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:26 AM6:34 PM3:09 PM12:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:26 AM6:33 PM3:39 PM1:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:27 AM6:32 PM4:05 PM2:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:28 AM6:30 PM4:31 PM3:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:29 AM6:29 PM4:56 PM4:39 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:30 AM6:28 PM5:24 PM5:45 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:31 AM6:27 PM5:54 PM6:53 AMWaxing gibbous · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:32 AM6:26 PM6:30 PM8:05 AMFull moon · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:33 AM6:25 PM7:14 PM9:20 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:34 AM6:23 PM8:07 PM10:34 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:35 AM6:22 PM9:10 PM11:44 AMWaning gibbous · 84%
Fri, Oct 307:36 AM6:21 PM10:20 PM12:44 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:37 AM6:20 PM11:33 PM1:34 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).