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Las Cruces, NM sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:23 AM, sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:17 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (MDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:01 AM6:51 PM10:24 PM12:33 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:01 AM6:50 PM11:28 PM1:37 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:02 AM6:49 PM—2:33 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:03 AM6:47 PM12:37 AM3:21 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:03 AM6:46 PM1:47 AM4:01 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:04 AM6:45 PM2:56 AM4:35 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:05 AM6:44 PM4:02 AM5:05 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:06 AM6:42 PM5:05 AM5:34 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:06 AM6:41 PM6:07 AM6:02 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:07 AM6:40 PM7:08 AM6:31 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:08 AM6:39 PM8:09 AM7:02 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:08 AM6:37 PM9:11 AM7:36 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:09 AM6:36 PM10:11 AM8:15 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:10 AM6:35 PM11:10 AM8:59 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:11 AM6:34 PM12:06 PM9:49 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:11 AM6:33 PM12:57 PM10:43 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:12 AM6:31 PM1:41 PM11:39 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:13 AM6:30 PM2:21 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:14 AM6:29 PM2:55 PM12:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:14 AM6:28 PM3:27 PM1:37 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:15 AM6:27 PM3:55 PM2:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:16 AM6:26 PM4:23 PM3:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:17 AM6:25 PM4:51 PM4:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:17 AM6:24 PM5:21 PM5:39 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:18 AM6:23 PM5:55 PM6:45 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:19 AM6:22 PM6:34 PM7:54 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:20 AM6:21 PM7:20 PM9:07 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:21 AM6:20 PM8:16 PM10:19 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:21 AM6:19 PM9:20 PM11:28 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:22 AM6:18 PM10:29 PM12:28 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:23 AM6:17 PM11:40 PM1:19 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).