October 4
Saturn at Opposition
Saturn sits opposite the Sun, shining brightly all night long and visible with small telescopes or binoculars.
Saturn at Opposition
Saturn sits opposite the Sun, shining brightly all night long and visible with small telescopes or binoculars.
October 5-6
Moon & Planetary Alignments
Moon & Planetary Alignments
A waning crescent moon passes near Mars.
October 7
Mercury & Venus Conjunction
Both planets appear low in the western sky shortly after sunset.
Mercury & Venus Conjunction
Both planets appear low in the western sky shortly after sunset.
October 8-9
Draconid Meteor Shower
A modest evening shower radiating from the constellation Draco.
October 10
New Moon
An ideal night for spotting deep-sky objects like the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies.
October 12
Mercury at Greatest Elongation East
Mercury reaches its farthest apparent distance from the Sun in the evening sky.
October 21-22
Orionid Meteor Shower
Debris from Halley’s Comet produces roughly 20 meteors per hour, best viewed in the pre-dawn hours
October 25-26
Hunter's Full Moon
The full moon peaks in late October, also known historically as the Drying Rice or Blood Moon.