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St. Louis sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:26 AM, sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:01 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (CDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 16:56 AM6:43 PM9:52 PM12:46 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 26:57 AM6:41 PM10:57 PM1:51 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 36:58 AM6:40 PM—2:45 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 46:59 AM6:38 PM12:08 AM3:30 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:00 AM6:37 PM1:22 AM4:06 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:01 AM6:35 PM2:35 AM4:36 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:02 AM6:34 PM3:45 AM5:02 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:03 AM6:32 PM4:54 AM5:26 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:04 AM6:31 PM6:00 AM5:50 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:05 AM6:29 PM7:06 AM6:15 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:06 AM6:28 PM8:11 AM6:42 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:07 AM6:26 PM9:17 AM7:12 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:08 AM6:25 PM10:21 AM7:47 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:09 AM6:23 PM11:23 AM8:29 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:10 AM6:22 PM12:20 PM9:17 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:11 AM6:20 PM1:10 PM10:12 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:12 AM6:19 PM1:54 PM11:10 PMWaxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:13 AM6:18 PM2:31 PM—First quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:14 AM6:16 PM3:02 PM12:12 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:15 AM6:15 PM3:29 PM1:15 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:16 AM6:14 PM3:54 PM2:18 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:17 AM6:12 PM4:18 PM3:22 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:18 AM6:11 PM4:42 PM4:27 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:19 AM6:10 PM5:07 PM5:34 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:20 AM6:08 PM5:36 PM6:45 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:21 AM6:07 PM6:10 PM7:59 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:22 AM6:06 PM6:52 PM9:15 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:23 AM6:05 PM7:45 PM10:31 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:24 AM6:04 PM8:48 PM11:41 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:25 AM6:02 PM9:59 PM12:41 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:26 AM6:01 PM11:13 PM1:29 PMWaning gibbous · 63%

Sky events this month

  • Sun, Oct 4 7:12 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 5:06 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 11:12 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).