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Little Rock sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 7:28 AM, sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:16 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (CDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:03 AM6:52 PM10:15 PM12:40 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:04 AM6:51 PM11:20 PM1:45 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:05 AM6:50 PM—2:41 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:06 AM6:48 PM12:29 AM3:27 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:06 AM6:47 PM1:41 AM4:06 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:07 AM6:46 PM2:51 AM4:39 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:08 AM6:44 PM3:59 AM5:08 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:09 AM6:43 PM5:04 AM5:35 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:10 AM6:42 PM6:07 AM6:01 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:10 AM6:40 PM7:10 AM6:29 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:11 AM6:39 PM8:13 AM6:58 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:12 AM6:38 PM9:16 AM7:31 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:13 AM6:36 PM10:18 AM8:09 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:14 AM6:35 PM11:18 AM8:52 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:14 AM6:34 PM12:14 PM9:40 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:15 AM6:33 PM1:05 PM10:34 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:16 AM6:31 PM1:49 PM11:32 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:17 AM6:30 PM2:28 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:18 AM6:29 PM3:01 PM12:31 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:19 AM6:28 PM3:31 PM1:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:20 AM6:26 PM3:59 PM2:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:20 AM6:25 PM4:25 PM3:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:21 AM6:24 PM4:51 PM4:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:22 AM6:23 PM5:20 PM5:40 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:23 AM6:22 PM5:51 PM6:47 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:24 AM6:21 PM6:28 PM7:59 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:25 AM6:20 PM7:13 PM9:13 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:26 AM6:19 PM8:07 PM10:26 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:27 AM6:18 PM9:11 PM11:35 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:28 AM6:17 PM10:21 PM12:36 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:28 AM6:16 PM11:33 PM1:26 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 7:12 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 5:06 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 11:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).