Sky Guides
Moon Covers the Pleiades on October 27, 2026: How to Watch
On the evening of Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the Moon passes in front of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters star cluster, and from much of North America you…
October 2026
20 posts tagged October 2026
This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: October 19 to 25, 2026
The Moon grows from a half to the Hunter’s Moon this week, which makes it a week for bright targets: Saturn beside the Moon on Friday and Saturday,…
Gardening by the Moon
Autumn Gardening by the Moon: Bulbs, Garlic and Clean-Up
Autumn is the waning-Moon gardener’s season. The jobs that matter now, planting garlic and spring bulbs, putting in trees and perennials, pruning, clearing beds and turning compost, are…
Planets
Venus Disappears: Inferior Conjunction on October 24, 2026
Venus is about to vanish. For months it has been the Evening Star low in the west after sunset, but it has been sinking lower every week, and…
This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: October 12 to 18, 2026
The Moon returns to the evening sky this week, growing from a hair-thin crescent on Monday to first quarter on Sunday. Mercury reaches greatest elongation on Monday, Mars…
Full Moon
Hunter’s Moon 2026: Date, Time and Why It Rises Early
The Hunter’s Moon of 2026 is full at 11:11 PM Central Time on Sunday, October 25, which is 04:11 UTC on Monday, October 26. So in the Americas…
Sky Guides
How to Find the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters Star Cluster
The Pleiades are back in the evening sky. The little cluster known as the Seven Sisters rises in the east-north-east before 9 PM in mid-October and a few…
Planets
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: October 12, 2026
Mercury reaches greatest elongation east on Monday, October 12, 2026, when it stands 25 degrees from the Sun in the evening sky, as far as it gets on…
Planets
Mars Crosses the Beehive Cluster: October 10 to 12, 2026
For three mornings this week Mars drifts straight through one of the best star clusters in the sky. On Saturday, October 10, the red planet sits at the…