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Richmond, Virginia sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Mon, Oct 26. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:33 AM, sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:12 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (EDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:05 AM6:52 PM10:03 PM12:48 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:06 AM6:51 PM11:07 PM1:53 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:07 AM6:49 PM—2:49 PMLast quarter · 49%
Sun, Oct 47:08 AM6:48 PM12:18 AM3:34 PMWaning crescent · 38%
Mon, Oct 57:08 AM6:46 PM1:31 AM4:11 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:09 AM6:45 PM2:43 AM4:42 PMWaning crescent · 18%
Wed, Oct 77:10 AM6:43 PM3:53 AM5:09 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:11 AM6:42 PM5:01 AM5:35 PMWaning crescent · 5%
Fri, Oct 97:12 AM6:40 PM6:06 AM5:59 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:13 AM6:39 PM7:11 AM6:24 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:14 AM6:38 PM8:16 AM6:52 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:15 AM6:36 PM9:21 AM7:23 PMWaxing crescent · 4%
Tue, Oct 137:16 AM6:35 PM10:24 AM7:59 PMWaxing crescent · 9%
Wed, Oct 147:17 AM6:33 PM11:26 AM8:41 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:18 AM6:32 PM12:23 PM9:29 PMWaxing crescent · 23%
Fri, Oct 167:19 AM6:31 PM1:14 PM10:23 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:20 AM6:29 PM1:58 PM11:21 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:20 AM6:28 PM2:35 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:21 AM6:27 PM3:07 PM12:22 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:22 AM6:25 PM3:35 PM1:24 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:23 AM6:24 PM4:01 PM2:26 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:24 AM6:23 PM4:26 PM3:29 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:25 AM6:21 PM4:50 PM4:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:26 AM6:20 PM5:16 PM5:40 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:27 AM6:19 PM5:46 PM6:49 AMWaxing gibbous · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:28 AM6:18 PM6:21 PM8:03 AMFull moon · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:29 AM6:17 PM7:03 PM9:18 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:30 AM6:15 PM7:56 PM10:34 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:31 AM6:14 PM8:59 PM11:44 AMWaning gibbous · 84%
Fri, Oct 307:32 AM6:13 PM10:09 PM12:44 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:33 AM6:12 PM11:23 PM1:33 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).