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San Jose sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 7:31 AM, sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:10 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (PDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:03 AM6:50 PM10:09 PM12:54 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 27:04 AM6:48 PM11:14 PM1:58 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 37:04 AM6:47 PM—2:52 PMLast quarter · 47%
Sun, Oct 47:05 AM6:45 PM12:26 AM3:36 PMWaning crescent · 36%
Mon, Oct 57:06 AM6:44 PM1:39 AM4:13 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:07 AM6:43 PM2:50 AM4:43 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:08 AM6:41 PM4:00 AM5:10 PMWaning crescent · 9%
Thu, Oct 87:09 AM6:40 PM5:07 AM5:35 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:10 AM6:38 PM6:12 AM6:00 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:11 AM6:37 PM7:17 AM6:26 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:12 AM6:35 PM8:21 AM6:54 PMWaxing crescent · 2%
Mon, Oct 127:12 AM6:34 PM9:26 AM7:25 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:13 AM6:33 PM10:29 AM8:02 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:14 AM6:31 PM11:30 AM8:45 PMWaxing crescent · 17%
Thu, Oct 157:15 AM6:30 PM12:26 PM9:34 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:16 AM6:28 PM1:16 PM10:28 PMWaxing crescent · 33%
Sat, Oct 177:17 AM6:27 PM2:00 PM11:27 PMWaxing crescent · 42%
Sun, Oct 187:18 AM6:26 PM2:36 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:19 AM6:24 PM3:08 PM12:28 AMWaxing gibbous · 61%
Tue, Oct 207:20 AM6:23 PM3:36 PM1:30 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:21 AM6:22 PM4:02 PM2:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 79%
Thu, Oct 227:22 AM6:21 PM4:26 PM3:35 AMWaxing gibbous · 87%
Fri, Oct 237:23 AM6:19 PM4:51 PM4:39 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:24 AM6:18 PM5:18 PM5:46 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:25 AM6:17 PM5:48 PM6:56 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:26 AM6:16 PM6:24 PM8:09 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:27 AM6:14 PM7:08 PM9:25 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:28 AM6:13 PM8:02 PM10:40 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:29 AM6:12 PM9:06 PM11:49 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:30 AM6:11 PM10:17 PM12:47 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:31 AM6:10 PM11:30 PM1:35 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).