Saturday, October 3, 2026
Saturn at opposition Oct 4 (Sunday): up essentially all night tonight, rises around sunset, biggest and brightest of 2026; opposition explained Moon-free evening: last-quarter-ward moon 45% lit, moonrise 12:28 AM PDT — zero moonlight from astronomical darkness (~8:17 PM) to midnight; darkest Saturday evening skies of October so far; Saturn ~35° up in southeast at dark Venus farewell in western twilight (inferior conjunction Oct 24); Mars a morning planet rising ~1 AM, crescent moon visits Mars at dawn Oct 5; Jupiter bright before dawn, lunar occultation of Jupiter morning Oct 6 (close pairing
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