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Raleigh sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 7:35 AM, sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:19 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (EDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:09 AM6:58 PM10:15 PM12:47 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:10 AM6:56 PM11:19 PM1:52 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:11 AM6:55 PM—2:48 PMLast quarter · 49%
Sun, Oct 47:12 AM6:53 PM12:29 AM3:34 PMWaning crescent · 38%
Mon, Oct 57:12 AM6:52 PM1:41 AM4:12 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:13 AM6:51 PM2:52 AM4:44 PMWaning crescent · 18%
Wed, Oct 77:14 AM6:49 PM4:00 AM5:13 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:15 AM6:48 PM5:06 AM5:39 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Fri, Oct 97:16 AM6:46 PM6:11 AM6:05 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:16 AM6:45 PM7:14 AM6:32 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:17 AM6:44 PM8:18 AM7:00 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:18 AM6:42 PM9:21 AM7:32 PMWaxing crescent · 4%
Tue, Oct 137:19 AM6:41 PM10:24 AM8:09 PMWaxing crescent · 9%
Wed, Oct 147:20 AM6:40 PM11:24 AM8:52 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:21 AM6:38 PM12:21 PM9:40 PMWaxing crescent · 23%
Fri, Oct 167:22 AM6:37 PM1:12 PM10:34 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:22 AM6:36 PM1:56 PM11:32 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:23 AM6:34 PM2:35 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:24 AM6:33 PM3:08 PM12:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:25 AM6:32 PM3:37 PM1:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:26 AM6:31 PM4:04 PM2:34 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:27 AM6:30 PM4:30 PM3:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:28 AM6:28 PM4:55 PM4:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:29 AM6:27 PM5:23 PM5:43 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:30 AM6:26 PM5:54 PM6:52 AMWaxing gibbous · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:31 AM6:25 PM6:30 PM8:04 AMFull moon · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:32 AM6:24 PM7:14 PM9:18 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:33 AM6:23 PM8:07 PM10:32 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:33 AM6:22 PM9:10 PM11:42 AMWaning gibbous · 84%
Fri, Oct 307:34 AM6:21 PM10:20 PM12:42 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:35 AM6:19 PM11:33 PM1:32 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).