Ephemeris Star Charts – October 2026

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The charts contain the entire dome of the sky as seen from around 45 degrees north latitude and at the dates and times for the locations listed below.

Planet positions are plotted for the 15th of the month. The moon is not shown. To track the planet positions at weekly intervals go to my Ephemeris Blog for my Wednesday posting at bobmoler.blog.

The charts contain the entire dome of the sky as seen from around 45 degrees north latitude and at the dates and times for the locations listed below.

October Evening Star Chart


October Morning Star Chart

For early birds I’m including a morning star chart too, which shows the stars we’ll see in the evening 4 months from now.

If you want to convert the above times for your locality in North America click here.

The outer edge of the chart is the horizon with the compass points marked. The chart is oriented as one is looking south. The constellation outlines in magenta are those of the Zodiac. The magenta line is the ecliptic, the path of the sun. The white line that passes through the east and west compass points is the celestial equator, above the earth's equator. The white lines that cross in the north at the north celestial pole are major right ascension lines and are like meridians on the earth.

Also on the sky dome are helps to locate other stars and constellations from the Big Dipper, and asterisms.

Twilight, Astronomical and Nautical




EDT






Morning

Twilight

Evening

Twilight

Dark

Night

Moon

Date

Astro.

Nautical

Nautical

Astro.

Start

End

Illum.

2026-10-01

6h05m

6h39m

20h29m

21h04m

21h04m

22h07m

66%

2026-10-02

6h06m

6h40m

20h27m

21h02m

21h02m

23h11m

54%

2026-10-03

6h08m

6h42m

20h26m

21h00m

21h00m

-

43%

2026-10-04

6h09m

6h43m

20h24m

20h58m

20h58m

0h25m

32%

2026-10-05

6h10m

6h44m

20h22m

20h56m

20h56m

1h44m

22%

2026-10-06

6h11m

6h45m

20h20m

20h54m

20h54m

3h03m

13%

2026-10-07

6h13m

6h47m

20h18m

20h52m

20h52m

4h19m

7%

2026-10-08

6h14m

6h48m

20h17m

20h50m

20h50m

5h32m

2%

2026-10-09

6h15m

6h49m

20h15m

20h49m

20h49m

6h15m

0%

2026-10-10

6h16m

6h50m

20h13m

20h47m

20h47m

6h16m

0%

2026-10-11

6h18m

6h51m

20h11m

20h45m

20h45m

6h18m

3%

2026-10-12

6h19m

6h53m

20h10m

20h43m

20h43m

6h19m

7%

2026-10-13

6h20m

6h54m

20h08m

20h42m

20h42m

6h20m

12%

2026-10-14

6h21m

6h55m

20h06m

20h40m

20h45m

6h21m

19%

2026-10-15

6h23m

6h56m

20h05m

20h38m

21h32m

6h23m

28%

2026-10-16

6h24m

6h58m

20h03m

20h37m

22h27m

6h24m

36%

2026-10-17

6h25m

6h59m

20h01m

20h35m

23h29m

6h25m

46%

2026-10-18

6h26m

7h00m

19h56m

20h33m

-

6h26m

55%

2026-10-19

6h28m

7h01m

19h54m

20h32m

0h34m

6h28m

65%

2026-10-20

6h29m

7h02m

19h53m

20h30m

1h41m

6h29m

74%

2026-10-21

6h30m

7h04m

19h51m

20h29m

2h49m

6h30m

82%

2026-10-22

6h31m

7h05m

19h49m

20h27m

3h58m

6h31m

89%

2026-10-23

6h32m

7h06m

19h48m

20h26m

5h08m

6h32m

95%

2026-10-24

6h34m

7h07m

19h47m

20h24m

6h21m

6h34m

99%

2026-10-25

6h35m

7h09m

19h45m

20h23m

-

-

100%

2026-10-26

6h36m

7h10m

19h44m

20h21m

-

-

99%

2026-10-27

6h37m

7h11m

19h42m

20h20m

-

-

94%

2026-10-28

6h38m

7h12m

19h41m

20h19m

-

-

88%

2026-10-29

6h40m

7h13m

19h39m

20h17m

20h17m

21h02m

79%

2026-10-30

6h41m

7h15m

19h38m

20h16m

20h16m

22h15m

69%

2026-10-31

6h42m

7h16m

19h37m

20h15m

20h15m

23h34m

58%



The above was created by the calendar function of Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts)

Monthly Evening Star Chart for Observers in the Southern Hemisphere

The chart contains the entire dome of the sky as seen from around 26 degrees south latitude at 2 hours after sunset on the 15th of the month.

Planet positions are also plotted for the 15th of the month. The moon is not shown. The Magellanic Clouds, which are satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. The Large Magellanic Cloud is located in the constellation Dorado (Dor) the Flying Fish. The Small Magellanic Cloud is located in the constellation of Tucana (Tuc) the Toucan.


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Updated 10/01/26