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Salt Lake City sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:24 AM to 7:57 AM, sunset from 7:09 PM to 6:24 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (MDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:24 AM7:09 PM10:14 PM1:25 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:25 AM7:07 PM11:19 PM2:30 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:26 AM7:05 PM—3:23 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:27 AM7:04 PM12:31 AM4:06 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:28 AM7:02 PM1:47 AM4:39 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:29 AM7:01 PM3:02 AM5:08 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:30 AM6:59 PM4:14 AM5:32 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:31 AM6:57 PM5:24 AM5:54 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:32 AM6:56 PM6:32 AM6:17 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:33 AM6:54 PM7:39 AM6:40 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:34 AM6:53 PM8:46 AM7:05 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:35 AM6:51 PM9:53 AM7:34 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:36 AM6:50 PM10:59 AM8:09 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:37 AM6:48 PM12:01 PM8:50 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:39 AM6:46 PM12:58 PM9:38 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:40 AM6:45 PM1:48 PM10:33 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:41 AM6:43 PM2:31 PM11:33 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:42 AM6:42 PM3:06 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:43 AM6:40 PM3:36 PM12:36 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:44 AM6:39 PM4:02 PM1:40 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:45 AM6:38 PM4:25 PM2:45 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:46 AM6:36 PM4:47 PM3:51 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:47 AM6:35 PM5:09 PM4:57 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:48 AM6:33 PM5:33 PM6:07 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:50 AM6:32 PM6:00 PM7:19 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:51 AM6:31 PM6:33 PM8:35 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:52 AM6:29 PM7:14 PM9:54 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:53 AM6:28 PM8:06 PM11:11 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:54 AM6:27 PM9:10 PM12:20 PMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:55 AM6:26 PM10:22 PM1:19 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:57 AM6:24 PM11:38 PM2:05 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 6:12 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 4:06 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 10:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).