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Salinas, CA sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:29 AM, sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:10 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (PDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:01 AM6:49 PM10:11 PM12:50 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:02 AM6:48 PM11:16 PM1:54 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:03 AM6:46 PM—2:49 PMLast quarter · 47%
Sun, Oct 47:04 AM6:45 PM12:27 AM3:33 PMWaning crescent · 36%
Mon, Oct 57:05 AM6:43 PM1:39 AM4:10 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:06 AM6:42 PM2:50 AM4:41 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:07 AM6:40 PM3:59 AM5:09 PMWaning crescent · 9%
Thu, Oct 87:07 AM6:39 PM5:06 AM5:34 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:08 AM6:38 PM6:11 AM5:59 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:09 AM6:36 PM7:15 AM6:26 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:10 AM6:35 PM8:19 AM6:54 PMWaxing crescent · 2%
Mon, Oct 127:11 AM6:33 PM9:23 AM7:26 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:12 AM6:32 PM10:26 AM8:03 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:13 AM6:31 PM11:26 AM8:46 PMWaxing crescent · 17%
Thu, Oct 157:14 AM6:29 PM12:23 PM9:35 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:15 AM6:28 PM1:13 PM10:30 PMWaxing crescent · 33%
Sat, Oct 177:15 AM6:27 PM1:56 PM11:28 PMWaxing crescent · 42%
Sun, Oct 187:16 AM6:25 PM2:34 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:17 AM6:24 PM3:06 PM12:29 AMWaxing gibbous · 61%
Tue, Oct 207:18 AM6:23 PM3:34 PM1:30 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:19 AM6:22 PM4:00 PM2:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 79%
Thu, Oct 227:20 AM6:20 PM4:25 PM3:34 AMWaxing gibbous · 87%
Fri, Oct 237:21 AM6:19 PM4:50 PM4:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:22 AM6:18 PM5:17 PM5:44 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:23 AM6:17 PM5:48 PM6:53 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:24 AM6:16 PM6:24 PM8:06 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:25 AM6:14 PM7:09 PM9:22 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:26 AM6:13 PM8:03 PM10:36 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:27 AM6:12 PM9:07 PM11:45 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:28 AM6:11 PM10:18 PM12:44 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:29 AM6:10 PM11:31 PM1:32 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).