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Fort Collins, CO sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:29 AM, sunset from 6:42 PM to 5:57 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (MDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 16:56 AM6:42 PM9:46 PM12:56 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 26:57 AM6:40 PM10:51 PM2:00 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 36:58 AM6:38 PM—2:54 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 46:59 AM6:37 PM12:04 AM3:37 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:00 AM6:35 PM1:19 AM4:11 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:01 AM6:33 PM2:33 AM4:39 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:03 AM6:32 PM3:45 AM5:04 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:04 AM6:30 PM4:55 AM5:27 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:05 AM6:29 PM6:03 AM5:49 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:06 AM6:27 PM7:10 AM6:12 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:07 AM6:26 PM8:17 AM6:38 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:08 AM6:24 PM9:24 AM7:07 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:09 AM6:22 PM10:29 AM7:42 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:10 AM6:21 PM11:32 AM8:23 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:11 AM6:19 PM12:29 PM9:11 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:12 AM6:18 PM1:19 PM10:06 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:13 AM6:16 PM2:02 PM11:06 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:14 AM6:15 PM2:38 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:15 AM6:13 PM3:07 PM12:08 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:16 AM6:12 PM3:33 PM1:12 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:18 AM6:11 PM3:57 PM2:17 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:19 AM6:09 PM4:19 PM3:22 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:20 AM6:08 PM4:41 PM4:29 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:21 AM6:06 PM5:05 PM5:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:22 AM6:05 PM5:33 PM6:50 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:23 AM6:04 PM6:06 PM8:06 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:24 AM6:02 PM6:47 PM9:24 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:25 AM6:01 PM7:39 PM10:41 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:27 AM6:00 PM8:42 PM11:51 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:28 AM5:59 PM9:54 PM12:50 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:29 AM5:57 PM11:10 PM1:36 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).