The Sky This Month

Astronomy This Month — October 2026

02 Oct – partial occultation of Ganymede by Europa (06:10EDT)
03 Oct – Last Quarter Moon
04 Oct – partial eclipse of Europa by Callisto (06:47EDT)
04 Oct – Saturn at opposition
05 Oct – Mars and Moon rise 2/3° apart after midnight
05 Oct – Gegenschein visible high in the south at midnight under very dark skies for ~2 weeks
05 Oct – Double shadow transit on Jupiter (0330EDT)
06 Oct – total occultation of Io by Callisto (03:38EDT)
06 Oct – Moon occults Jupiter (0430EDT)
06 Oct – (2) Pallas (mag 8.2) at opposition
07 Oct – partial eclipse of Europa by Io (03:39EDT)
08 Oct – Zodiacal light before morning twilight for ~2 weeks
08 Oct – Draconid meteor shower peaks, best before midnight
10 Oct – S Taurid meteor shower maximum best after midnight
10 Oct – New Moon (1150EDT)
11 Oct – (21878) 1999 UF13 occults TYC 0760-02305-1 over Cardinal (05:25EDT)
12 Oct – Mercury (mag 0.0) GEE very low in W
13 Oct – (95945) 2003 MG5 occults UCAC4 613-008780 over east Kingston (20:25EDT)
14 Oct – partial eclipse of Europa by Io (05:51EDT), very close to Jupiter’s disk
14 Oct – partial occultation of Callisto by Io (06:39EDT)
15 Oct – (3767) DiMaggio occults TYC 0741-00449-1 over Morrisburg (03:15EDT)
18 Oct – First Quarter Moon
21 Oct – Orionid meteor shower peaks; best after moonset
26 Oct – Full Moon (00:12EDT)
26 Oct – partial eclipse of Io by Europa (04:08EDT)
28 Oct – (18895) 2000 GJ108 occults UCAC4 458-003365 from Westport to Morrisburg (04:56EDT)
29 Oct – (35286) Takaoakihiro occults TYC 4697-00191-1 for north Kingston through Loughborough and Brockville (02:40EDT)
01 Nov – Daylight Saving Time ends (02:00EDT)

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