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Santa Maria, CA sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:21 AM, sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:08 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (PDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 16:56 AM6:45 PM10:12 PM12:39 PMWaning gibbous · 70%
Fri, Oct 26:57 AM6:44 PM11:17 PM1:43 PMWaning gibbous · 59%
Sat, Oct 36:58 AM6:42 PM—2:38 PMLast quarter · 47%
Sun, Oct 46:58 AM6:41 PM12:27 AM3:24 PMWaning crescent · 36%
Mon, Oct 56:59 AM6:39 PM1:39 AM4:02 PMWaning crescent · 26%
Tue, Oct 67:00 AM6:38 PM2:49 AM4:34 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:01 AM6:37 PM3:56 AM5:03 PMWaning crescent · 9%
Thu, Oct 87:02 AM6:35 PM5:01 AM5:30 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:02 AM6:34 PM6:05 AM5:56 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:03 AM6:33 PM7:08 AM6:23 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:04 AM6:31 PM8:11 AM6:53 PMWaxing crescent · 2%
Mon, Oct 127:05 AM6:30 PM9:14 AM7:26 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:06 AM6:29 PM10:16 AM8:04 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:07 AM6:27 PM11:16 AM8:47 PMWaxing crescent · 17%
Thu, Oct 157:07 AM6:26 PM12:11 PM9:36 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:08 AM6:25 PM1:02 PM10:31 PMWaxing crescent · 33%
Sat, Oct 177:09 AM6:24 PM1:46 PM11:29 PMWaxing crescent · 42%
Sun, Oct 187:10 AM6:22 PM2:24 PM—First quarter · 51%
Mon, Oct 197:11 AM6:21 PM2:57 PM12:28 AMWaxing gibbous · 61%
Tue, Oct 207:12 AM6:20 PM3:26 PM1:29 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Wed, Oct 217:12 AM6:19 PM3:53 PM2:29 AMWaxing gibbous · 79%
Thu, Oct 227:13 AM6:18 PM4:20 PM3:31 AMWaxing gibbous · 87%
Fri, Oct 237:14 AM6:16 PM4:46 PM4:33 AMWaxing gibbous · 93%
Sat, Oct 247:15 AM6:15 PM5:14 PM5:38 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:16 AM6:14 PM5:46 PM6:46 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:17 AM6:13 PM6:24 PM7:57 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:18 AM6:12 PM7:09 PM9:12 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Wed, Oct 287:19 AM6:11 PM8:04 PM10:25 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:20 AM6:10 PM9:08 PM11:34 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:21 AM6:09 PM10:18 PM12:33 PMWaning gibbous · 73%
Sat, Oct 317:21 AM6:08 PM11:30 PM1:22 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).