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Fayetteville, NC sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:10 AM to 7:36 AM, sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:22 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (EDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:10 AM6:59 PM10:19 PM12:46 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:11 AM6:58 PM11:23 PM1:51 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:12 AM6:56 PM—2:47 PMLast quarter · 49%
Sun, Oct 47:13 AM6:55 PM12:32 AM3:33 PMWaning crescent · 38%
Mon, Oct 57:13 AM6:54 PM1:44 AM4:12 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:14 AM6:52 PM2:54 AM4:45 PMWaning crescent · 18%
Wed, Oct 77:15 AM6:51 PM4:02 AM5:14 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:16 AM6:49 PM5:08 AM5:41 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Fri, Oct 97:17 AM6:48 PM6:12 AM6:07 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:17 AM6:47 PM7:15 AM6:34 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:18 AM6:45 PM8:18 AM7:03 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:19 AM6:44 PM9:21 AM7:36 PMWaxing crescent · 4%
Tue, Oct 137:20 AM6:43 PM10:23 AM8:13 PMWaxing crescent · 9%
Wed, Oct 147:21 AM6:42 PM11:23 AM8:56 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:21 AM6:40 PM12:20 PM9:44 PMWaxing crescent · 23%
Fri, Oct 167:22 AM6:39 PM1:11 PM10:38 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:23 AM6:38 PM1:55 PM11:35 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:24 AM6:37 PM2:34 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:25 AM6:35 PM3:08 PM12:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:26 AM6:34 PM3:37 PM1:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:27 AM6:33 PM4:05 PM2:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:28 AM6:32 PM4:31 PM3:37 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:28 AM6:31 PM4:57 PM4:40 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:29 AM6:29 PM5:25 PM5:44 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:30 AM6:28 PM5:56 PM6:52 AMWaxing gibbous · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:31 AM6:27 PM6:33 PM8:03 AMFull moon · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:32 AM6:26 PM7:17 PM9:18 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:33 AM6:25 PM8:11 PM10:32 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:34 AM6:24 PM9:14 PM11:41 AMWaning gibbous · 84%
Fri, Oct 307:35 AM6:23 PM10:24 PM12:41 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:36 AM6:22 PM11:36 PM1:32 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).