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The Capital Region Night Sky Almanac

for the Evenings of October the 5th through the 31st, in the Year 2026
Calculated for Albany, N.Y. · Lat. 42°39′ N · Long. 73°46′ W · Eastern Daylight Time
7 p.m. 2 a.m.
Hold the chart overhead with the facing direction at the bottom · centre = zenith, rim = horizon · rings at 30° and 60° altitude · stars to magnitude 4.6

Ephemeris for the Month

Times are Eastern Daylight Time for Albany. Moon times listed are events between noon of the date and noon the next day (+1d = after midnight). Click any row to show that evening above.

EveningSunsetFull dark
(astro. twilight ends)
Dawn twilight
begins
MoonriseMoonsetMoon (9 p.m.)LitMoon-free
dark hrs

Key Dates & Phenomena

All computed for Albany from JPL ephemeris DE421. “Topocentric” means as seen from Albany itself, which matters for the nearby Moon.

Tonight’s Best Sights, Week by Week

Positions computed for the middle evening of each week, at 9 p.m. and at 1 a.m. Altitude is degrees above the horizon (your fist at arm’s length ≈ 10°).

Notes on Method & Verification