SkyWatch: October 2025

Dates and times are Universal Time
Positions are geocentric J2000
Pluto's position is astrometric, i.e., it accounts for the approx. 6 hour light-time
Elongations are in degrees
Calculations by Brian D. Warner

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)

Longitude   Latitude   UTOffset  

Sun Information

Currently (Mon, 2025 Oct 06 18:16 UT)
RA 12 49 15.5
Dec -05 16 54.1
X -0.972401
Y -0.212455
Z -0.092089
R 0.999590

Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Civil Twilight (CT): Sun 6º below horizon
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
2025 Oct 05   04:3105:0205:3306:0017:3318:0018:3119:02
2025 Oct 06   04:3205:0305:3406:0117:3217:5818:2919:00
2025 Oct 07   04:3305:0405:3506:0217:3017:5718:2818:59

 


Moon Information


Currently (Mon, 2025 Oct 06 18:16 UT)
RA          00 27 41.9
Dec +04 56 34.5
Phase 0.998  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 1.008 degrees
Diameter 32.95 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 175E

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)

UT DateRiseTransitSet
2025 Oct 0516:4922:5906:05
2025 Oct 0617:1523:4907:34
2025 Oct 0717:4300:4209:08

Phases for 2025

New First Full Last
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Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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

Planet Information


Currently (Mon, 2025 Oct 06 18:16 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         12 49 15.5   -05 16 54.1       
Opposition 00 49 15.5 +05 16 54.1 180E 17:32 23:45 06:00
Mercury 13 49 29.0 -12 06 58.2 16E 07:28 12:46 18:00
Venus 11 28 27.1 +04 56 05.9 23W 04:11 10:24 16:36
Mars 14 28 00.3 -14 46 05.2 26E 08:16 13:24 18:30
Jupiter 07 38 20.7 +21 32 45.0 81W 23:25 06:35 13:45
Saturn 23 52 51.6 -03 30 28.3 163E 16:50 22:38 04:17
Uranus 03 54 27.3 +20 05 30.8 133W 19:47 02:52 09:56
Neptune 00 02 18.0 -01 14 55.7 167E 17:08 23:00 04:52
Pluto 20 16 32.6 -23 37 02.7 108E 14:26 19:03 23:32

 

Selected Positions for October 2025
                Oct 01 2025                       Oct 16 2025                       Oct 31 2025
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Sun 12 28 22.4 -03 03 49.7 13 23 20.5 -08 45 52.8 15 24 32.5 -18 39 02.1
Opposition 00 28 22.4 +03 03 49.7 180E 01 23 20.5 +08 45 52.8 180E 03 24 32.5 +18 39 02.1 180E
Mercury 13 16 50.4 -08 13 48.7 13E 14 40 14.1 -17 30 55.0 21E 16 04 41.5 -21 44 11.0 10E
Venus 11 01 59.5 +07 35 22.5 24W 12 10 45.0 +00 29 26.6 20W 14 35 49.0 -14 00 10.0 13W
Mars 14 12 45.2 -13 25 54.6 28E 14 53 13.1 -16 48 09.6 23E 16 24 13.3 -22 09 09.2 14E
Jupiter 07 35 31.9 +21 38 33.8 76W 07 42 06.7 +21 24 54.6 89W 07 46 50.4 +21 17 28.1 119W
Saturn 23 54 25.9 -03 20 27.2 169E 23 50 29.5 -03 45 08.6 154E 23 45 13.0 -04 14 13.9 121E
Uranus 03 54 59.4 +20 07 06.0 127W 03 53 23.9 +20 02 21.8 142W 03 48 35.6 +19 47 48.5 174W
Neptune 00 02 52.4 -01 11 13.0 172E 00 01 25.0 -01 20 35.5 157E 23 59 08.5 -01 34 36.5 126E
Pluto 20 16 39.7 -23 36 47.7 113E 20 16 29.4 -23 36 58.7 98E 20 17 34.4 -23 32 45.3 68E