WHAT’S UP(COMING)! – Observation Calendar Oct-Dec 2026
Source for events and links below are In-The-Sky.org, Dominic Ford, Editor. The links provide details for each event including a scale on how difficult they are to observe.
Additionally, here’s a link to a printable PDF for “Navigating the October Night Sky” from our friends at the Astronomical League!
Oct 2 – The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed
Oct 4 – Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
– Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition
Oct 5 – Close approach of the Moon and M44
Oct 6 – October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2026 peak
– Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
Oct 9 – Draconid meteor shower 2026 peak
Oct 10 – New Moon
– Southern Taurid meteor shower 2026 peak
Oct 11 – Close approach of Mars and M44
– δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2026 peak
Oct 13 – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition
Oct 15 – The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed
Oct 18 – ε-Geminid meteor shower 2026 peak
Oct 21 – Orionid meteor shower 2026 peak
Oct 24 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
– Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2026 peak
Oct 25 – Full Moon
Oct 26 – The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed
Oct 27 – Close approach of the Moon and M45 (Pleiades)
Nov 1 – Close approach of the Moon and M44
Nov 2 – Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
– Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
Nov 7 – Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
Nov 8 – New Moon
Nov 12 – Northern Taurid meteor shower 2026 peak
Nov 14 – Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars
Nov 17 – Leonid meteor shower 2026 peak
Nov 18 – The Pleiades (M45) cluster is well placed
– Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
Nov 20 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
Nov 21 – α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2026 peak
Nov 24 – Full Moon
– Close approach of the Moon and M45 (Pleiades)
Nov 25 – Uranus at opposition
Nov 27 – Venus at greatest brightness
Nov 28 – November Orionid meteor shower 2026 peak
– The Hyades cluster is well placed
– Close approach of the Moon and M44
Nov 30 – Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
– Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
Dec 6 – December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 8 – New Moon
Dec 9 – Monocerotid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 12 – σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 14 – Geminid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 15 – The Running Man cluster is well placed
– The Orion Nebula is well placed
Dec 16 – Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 18 – Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
Dec 20 – December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 21 – December solstice
– Close approach of the Moon and M45 (Pleiades)
Dec 22 – Ursid meteor shower 2026 peak
Dec 23 – Full Moon
