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SkyWatch: October 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Oct 03 01:15 UT)
RA 12 35 37.0Dec -03 50 18.0
X -0.986235
Y -0.155352
Z -0.067338
R 1.000664
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Oct 02 | 04:28 | 04:59 | 05:30 | 05:57 | 17:38 | 18:04 | 18:35 | 19:06 |
| 2025 Oct 03 | 04:29 | 05:00 | 05:31 | 05:58 | 17:36 | 18:03 | 18:34 | 19:05 |
| 2025 Oct 04 | 04:30 | 05:01 | 05:32 | 05:59 | 17:35 | 18:01 | 18:32 | 19:03 |
Moon Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Oct 03 01:15 UT)
RA 21 17 12.5Selected Positions for October 2025
Dec -18 43 45.1
Phase 0.796 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.958 degrees
Diameter 31.32 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 130ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Oct 02 15:29 20:32 02:03 2025 Oct 03 15:58 21:22 03:22 2025 Oct 04 16:24 22:10 04:42 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Oct 03 01:15 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 12 35 37.0 -03 50 18.0
Opposition 00 35 37.0 +03 50 18.0 180E 17:37 23:46 05:57
Mercury 13 28 18.3 -09 37 19.8 14E 07:16 12:40 18:01
Venus 11 11 13.2 +06 40 43.5 24W 04:04 10:22 16:38
Mars 14 18 01.4 -13 54 07.9 27E 08:18 13:28 18:36
Jupiter 07 36 33.0 +21 36 28.2 77W 23:35 06:45 13:56
Saturn 23 53 52.7 -03 24 00.2 167E 17:02 22:51 04:30
Uranus 03 54 48.9 +20 06 34.9 129W 19:59 03:04 10:08
Neptune 00 02 40.3 -01 12 31.2 170E 17:20 23:12 05:04
Pluto 20 16 36.8 -23 36 54.5 111E 14:38 19:15 23:44
Oct 01 2025 Oct 16 2025 Oct 31 2025
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Sun 12 28 22.4 -03 03 49.7 13 23 20.5 -08 45 52.8 15 24 32.5 -18 39 02.1
Opposition 00 28 22.4 +03 03 49.7 180E 01 23 20.5 +08 45 52.8 180E 03 24 32.5 +18 39 02.1 180E
Mercury 13 16 50.4 -08 13 48.7 13E 14 40 14.1 -17 30 55.0 21E 16 04 41.5 -21 44 11.0 10E
Venus 11 01 59.5 +07 35 22.5 24W 12 10 45.0 +00 29 26.6 20W 14 35 49.0 -14 00 10.0 13W
Mars 14 12 45.2 -13 25 54.6 28E 14 53 13.1 -16 48 09.6 23E 16 24 13.3 -22 09 09.2 14E
Jupiter 07 35 31.9 +21 38 33.8 76W 07 42 06.7 +21 24 54.6 89W 07 46 50.4 +21 17 28.1 119W
Saturn 23 54 25.9 -03 20 27.2 169E 23 50 29.5 -03 45 08.6 154E 23 45 13.0 -04 14 13.9 121E
Uranus 03 54 59.4 +20 07 06.0 127W 03 53 23.9 +20 02 21.8 142W 03 48 35.6 +19 47 48.5 174W
Neptune 00 02 52.4 -01 11 13.0 172E 00 01 25.0 -01 20 35.5 157E 23 59 08.5 -01 34 36.5 126E
Pluto 20 16 39.7 -23 36 47.7 113E 20 16 29.4 -23 36 58.7 98E 20 17 34.4 -23 32 45.3 68E