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El Paso sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 7:21 AM, sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:17 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (MDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 16:59 AM6:50 PM10:25 PM12:30 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:00 AM6:49 PM11:29 PM1:34 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:01 AM6:48 PM—2:30 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:01 AM6:46 PM12:38 AM3:18 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:02 AM6:45 PM1:47 AM3:58 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:03 AM6:44 PM2:56 AM4:33 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:03 AM6:43 PM4:01 AM5:04 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:04 AM6:41 PM5:04 AM5:33 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:05 AM6:40 PM6:06 AM6:01 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:05 AM6:39 PM7:06 AM6:30 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:06 AM6:38 PM8:07 AM7:02 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:07 AM6:37 PM9:08 AM7:37 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:07 AM6:35 PM10:09 AM8:16 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:08 AM6:34 PM11:07 AM9:00 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:09 AM6:33 PM12:03 PM9:49 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:10 AM6:32 PM12:53 PM10:43 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:10 AM6:31 PM1:39 PM11:40 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:11 AM6:30 PM2:18 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:12 AM6:29 PM2:53 PM12:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:12 AM6:27 PM3:24 PM1:37 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:13 AM6:26 PM3:54 PM2:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:14 AM6:25 PM4:22 PM3:34 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:15 AM6:24 PM4:50 PM4:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:16 AM6:23 PM5:21 PM5:37 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:16 AM6:22 PM5:54 PM6:43 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:17 AM6:21 PM6:34 PM7:52 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:18 AM6:20 PM7:21 PM9:04 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:19 AM6:19 PM8:16 PM10:16 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:19 AM6:18 PM9:20 PM11:25 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:20 AM6:18 PM10:29 PM12:25 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:21 AM6:17 PM11:40 PM1:16 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 6:12 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 4:06 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 10:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).