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SkyWatch: October 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Sun, 2026 Oct 18 10:57 UT)
RA 13 30 47.9Dec -09 29 46.6
X -0.905108
Y -0.382204
Z -0.165674
R 0.996367
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2026 Oct 17 | 04:43 | 05:13 | 05:44 | 06:11 | 17:16 | 17:43 | 18:14 | 18:45 |
| 2026 Oct 18 | 04:43 | 05:14 | 05:45 | 06:12 | 17:14 | 17:41 | 18:12 | 18:43 |
| 2026 Oct 19 | 04:44 | 05:15 | 05:46 | 06:13 | 17:13 | 17:40 | 18:11 | 18:42 |
Moon Information
Currently (Sun, 2026 Oct 18 10:57 UT)
RA 19 39 58.3Selected Positions for October 2026
Dec -24 27 21.0
Phase 0.484 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.906 degrees
Diameter 29.63 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 92ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Oct 17 12:55 17:30 22:13 2026 Oct 18 13:31 18:18 23:21 2026 Oct 19 14:02 19:04 00:31 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Sun, 2026 Oct 18 10:57 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 13 30 47.9 -09 29 46.6
Opposition 01 30 47.9 +09 29 46.6 180E 17:15 23:42 06:11
Mercury 15 00 32.0 -20 23 42.2 24E 08:25 13:11 17:56
Venus 13 55 55.1 -19 37 57.1 12E 07:15 12:04 16:54
Mars 08 55 31.6 +18 43 52.7 73W 00:06 07:06 14:06
Jupiter 09 38 37.3 +14 45 37.7 62W 01:04 07:49 14:34
Saturn 00 40 29.8 +01 24 49.2 165E 16:51 22:52 04:53
Uranus 04 11 17.4 +20 55 56.9 140W 19:15 02:22 09:30
Neptune 00 09 40.7 -00 29 51.9 157E 16:27 22:21 04:16
Pluto 20 24 09.0 -23 43 16.0 98E 13:48 18:25 22:53
Oct 01 2026 Oct 16 2026 Oct 31 2026
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Sun 12 27 25.9 -02 57 45.1 13 22 23.8 -08 40 16.5 15 23 29.8 -18 35 11.2
Opposition 00 27 25.9 +02 57 45.1 180E 01 22 23.8 +08 40 16.5 180E 03 23 29.8 +18 35 11.2 180E
Mercury 13 50 19.1 -13 12 58.3 23E 14 54 04.5 -19 52 15.8 25E 14 14 33.1 -11 04 14.4 18W
Venus 14 12 50.7 -20 50 45.2 31E 14 00 11.6 -20 11 00.5 15E 13 21 39.2 -09 54 03.9 31W
Mars 08 15 09.3 +20 51 13.4 66W 08 50 29.0 +19 01 30.6 72W 09 53 20.8 +14 52 28.9 88W
Jupiter 09 27 20.8 +15 37 25.1 48W 09 37 16.2 +14 51 54.4 61W 09 52 03.6 +13 43 19.6 88W
Saturn 00 45 25.7 +01 55 59.7 175W 00 41 07.4 +01 28 40.6 167E 00 33 56.4 +00 47 07.3 135E
Uranus 04 12 58.5 +21 00 13.3 122W 04 11 33.6 +20 56 38.1 137W 04 06 54.8 +20 44 34.4 170W
Neptune 00 11 22.1 -00 18 59.5 175E 00 09 53.3 -00 28 31.7 160E 00 07 30.5 -00 43 14.4 128E
Pluto 20 24 22.5 -23 43 10.2 115E 20 24 08.5 -23 43 22.2 100E 20 25 05.0 -23 38 56.7 70E