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Oakland sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:33 AM, sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:11 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (PDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:04 AM6:51 PM10:09 PM12:57 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:05 AM6:50 PM11:14 PM2:01 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:06 AM6:48 PM—2:55 PMLast quarter · 47%
Sun, Oct 47:07 AM6:47 PM12:26 AM3:39 PMWaning crescent · 36%
Mon, Oct 57:08 AM6:45 PM1:39 AM4:15 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:09 AM6:44 PM2:51 AM4:45 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:10 AM6:42 PM4:01 AM5:12 PMWaning crescent · 9%
Thu, Oct 87:11 AM6:41 PM5:08 AM5:37 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:12 AM6:39 PM6:14 AM6:01 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:13 AM6:38 PM7:19 AM6:27 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:13 AM6:36 PM8:24 AM6:54 PMWaxing crescent · 2%
Mon, Oct 127:14 AM6:35 PM9:28 AM7:26 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:15 AM6:34 PM10:32 AM8:02 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:16 AM6:32 PM11:33 AM8:45 PMWaxing crescent · 17%
Thu, Oct 157:17 AM6:31 PM12:30 PM9:33 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:18 AM6:29 PM1:20 PM10:28 PMWaxing crescent · 33%
Sat, Oct 177:19 AM6:28 PM2:03 PM11:27 PMWaxing crescent · 42%
Sun, Oct 187:20 AM6:27 PM2:39 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:21 AM6:25 PM3:11 PM12:28 AMWaxing gibbous · 61%
Tue, Oct 207:22 AM6:24 PM3:38 PM1:30 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:23 AM6:23 PM4:04 PM2:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 79%
Thu, Oct 227:24 AM6:21 PM4:28 PM3:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 87%
Fri, Oct 237:25 AM6:20 PM4:52 PM4:41 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:26 AM6:19 PM5:19 PM5:48 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:27 AM6:18 PM5:48 PM6:58 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:28 AM6:17 PM6:24 PM8:12 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:29 AM6:15 PM7:08 PM9:28 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:30 AM6:14 PM8:01 PM10:43 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:31 AM6:13 PM9:05 PM11:52 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:32 AM6:12 PM10:17 PM12:51 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:33 AM6:11 PM11:30 PM1:38 PMWaning gibbous · 62%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 5:12 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 3:06 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 9:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).