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Sky Chart For The Month of October, 2026
ASTRONOMICAL BULLETIN FOR OCTOBER, 2026 The Moon
The Lunar Crescent becomes first visible after the New Moon day in the evening of 11th. The Moon is at Perigee or nearest to the Earth on 2nd and 28th and at Apogee or farthest from the Earth on 17th. The Moon passes about 5½0 north of Uranus on 1st, about 1½0 north of Mars on 5th, about ½0 north of Jupiter on 6th, about 30 north of Venus on 12th, about 20 south of Mercury on 13th, about 50 north of Neptune on 24th, about 70 north of Saturn on 24th just before midnight, about 5½0 north of Uranus on 28th. The PlanetsVisibility of Planets: Mercury: The planet sets about 1 hour to ½ hour after sunset upto 28th of the month. From 29th planet is too close to the Sun to be visible. It is in Greatest Eastern Elongation of about 25º from the Sun on 12th. The motion of the planet becomes Retrograde with respect to the Earth from 24th. Venus: The planet sets about 1 hour to ½ hour after sunset upto 13th of the month. From 14th planet is too close to the Sun to be visible upto 27th of the month. From 28th it become visible in the eastern sky, it rises about 1 hour before sunrise for the remaining days of the month. The motion of the planet becomes Retrograde with respect to the Earth from 3rd. The planet is in Inferior conjunction with Sun on 24th of the month. Mars: The planet rises about ½ hours after local midnight to close to local midnight time throughout the month. Jupiter: The planet rises about 2 hours to 1½ hours after local midnight time upto first quarter of the month, about 1½ hours to 1 hour after it upto third quarter of the month and about 1 hour to ½ hour after it for the remaining days of the month. Saturn: The planet rises about ½ hour after sunset to close to sunset time upto first quarter of the month, and thereafter planet sets about ½ hour to 1 hour before sunrise upto third quarter of the month, and about 1 hour to 2 hours before it for the remaining days of the month. The planet is in Opposition with the sun on 4th. Uranus: The planet rises after sunset throughout the month. The planet rises about 3 hours to 2½ hours after sunset upto second quarter of the month, 2½ hours to 2 hours after it upto third quarter of the month and 2 hours to 1½ hours after it for the remaining days of the month. Neptune: The planet sets before sunrise throughout the month. The planet sets about ½ hour to 1 hour before sunrise upto second quarter of the month, about 1 hour to 1½ hours before it upto third quarter of the month about 1½ hours to 2½ hours before it for the remaining days of the month. Conjunction of Planet: Mercury passes about 5½0 north of Venus on 5th.
Source : : Head Positional Astronomy Centre India Meteorological Department Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700091
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