What’s Up: October 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network A Meteor Shower and the Moon Near the Pleiades See Saturn at opposition, catch the Orionid meteor shower, and watch the Moon pass close to the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. Skywatching Highlights Oct. 4: Saturn reaches opposition, making the ringed planet visible for much of the night Oct. 6: A thin crescent Moon appears close to bright Jupiter before sunrise Oct. 21–22: The Orionid meteor shower peaks; moonlight may interfere, so look before dawn after moonset Oct. 27–28: The Moon passes near the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters Meteors streak across the sky during the 2017 Orionid meteor shower, with the Milky Way visible overhead. Ben Goldstein via Flickr_CC BY-NC-SA Transcript Saturn takes center stage, a meteor shower lights up the sky, and the Moon visits the Se...
