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Sugar Land, TX sky calendar · October 2026

Full moon: Sun, Oct 25. New moon: Sat, Oct 10. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 7:35 AM, sunset from 7:07 PM to 6:36 PM. 5 sky events this month (below). Times are local (CDT).

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Thu, Oct 17:15 AM7:07 PM10:46 PM12:38 PMWaning gibbous · 71%
Fri, Oct 27:16 AM7:06 PM11:50 PM1:42 PMWaning gibbous · 60%
Sat, Oct 37:17 AM7:05 PM—2:39 PMLast quarter · 48%
Sun, Oct 47:17 AM7:04 PM12:58 AM3:28 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Mon, Oct 57:18 AM7:03 PM2:07 AM4:10 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Tue, Oct 67:18 AM7:01 PM3:14 AM4:46 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Wed, Oct 77:19 AM7:00 PM4:18 AM5:18 PMWaning crescent · 10%
Thu, Oct 87:19 AM6:59 PM5:19 AM5:49 PMWaning crescent · 4%
Fri, Oct 97:20 AM6:58 PM6:20 AM6:18 PMWaning crescent · 1%
Sat, Oct 107:21 AM6:57 PM7:19 AM6:49 PMNew moon · 0%
Sun, Oct 117:21 AM6:56 PM8:19 AM7:21 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Mon, Oct 127:22 AM6:55 PM9:18 AM7:57 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Tue, Oct 137:22 AM6:54 PM10:18 AM8:37 PMWaxing crescent · 10%
Wed, Oct 147:23 AM6:52 PM11:16 AM9:22 PMWaxing crescent · 16%
Thu, Oct 157:24 AM6:51 PM12:11 PM10:11 PMWaxing crescent · 24%
Fri, Oct 167:24 AM6:50 PM1:02 PM11:05 PMWaxing crescent · 32%
Sat, Oct 177:25 AM6:49 PM1:48 PM—Waxing crescent · 41%
Sun, Oct 187:26 AM6:48 PM2:28 PM12:01 AMFirst quarter · 50%
Mon, Oct 197:26 AM6:47 PM3:04 PM12:58 AMWaxing gibbous · 60%
Tue, Oct 207:27 AM6:46 PM3:37 PM1:55 AMWaxing gibbous · 69%
Wed, Oct 217:28 AM6:45 PM4:07 PM2:53 AMWaxing gibbous · 78%
Thu, Oct 227:28 AM6:44 PM4:37 PM3:51 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Fri, Oct 237:29 AM6:43 PM5:07 PM4:50 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sat, Oct 247:30 AM6:42 PM5:38 PM5:51 AMWaxing gibbous · 97%
Sun, Oct 257:30 AM6:41 PM6:13 PM6:55 AMFull moon · 100%
Mon, Oct 267:31 AM6:40 PM6:54 PM8:02 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Tue, Oct 277:32 AM6:40 PM7:42 PM9:13 AMWaning gibbous · 97%
Wed, Oct 287:33 AM6:39 PM8:38 PM10:24 AMWaning gibbous · 91%
Thu, Oct 297:33 AM6:38 PM9:42 PM11:33 AMWaning gibbous · 83%
Fri, Oct 307:34 AM6:37 PM10:50 PM12:34 PMWaning gibbous · 74%
Sat, Oct 317:35 AM6:36 PM—1:26 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).