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Greensboro sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 7:40 AM, sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:24 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (EDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:14 AM7:02 PM10:19 PM12:53 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:15 AM7:01 PM11:23 PM1:58 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:15 AM6:59 PM—2:53 PMLast quarter · 49%
Sun, Oct 47:16 AM6:58 PM12:33 AM3:40 PMWaning crescent · 38%
Mon, Oct 57:17 AM6:56 PM1:45 AM4:18 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:18 AM6:55 PM2:56 AM4:50 PMWaning crescent · 18%
Wed, Oct 77:19 AM6:54 PM4:05 AM5:18 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:20 AM6:52 PM5:11 AM5:44 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Fri, Oct 97:20 AM6:51 PM6:16 AM6:10 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:21 AM6:49 PM7:19 AM6:36 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:22 AM6:48 PM8:23 AM7:04 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:23 AM6:47 PM9:27 AM7:36 PMWaxing crescent · 4%
Tue, Oct 137:24 AM6:45 PM10:29 AM8:13 PMWaxing crescent · 9%
Wed, Oct 147:25 AM6:44 PM11:30 AM8:56 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:26 AM6:43 PM12:27 PM9:44 PMWaxing crescent · 23%
Fri, Oct 167:27 AM6:41 PM1:18 PM10:38 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:27 AM6:40 PM2:02 PM11:36 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:28 AM6:39 PM2:40 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:29 AM6:38 PM3:13 PM12:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:30 AM6:36 PM3:42 PM1:37 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:31 AM6:35 PM4:09 PM2:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:32 AM6:34 PM4:34 PM3:40 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:33 AM6:33 PM5:00 PM4:43 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:34 AM6:31 PM5:27 PM5:49 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:35 AM6:30 PM5:58 PM6:57 AMWaxing gibbous · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:36 AM6:29 PM6:34 PM8:09 AMFull moon · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:37 AM6:28 PM7:18 PM9:24 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:38 AM6:27 PM8:11 PM10:38 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:39 AM6:26 PM9:14 PM11:48 AMWaning gibbous · 84%
Fri, Oct 307:39 AM6:25 PM10:24 PM12:48 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:40 AM6:24 PM11:37 PM1:38 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).