Friday, October 2, 2026
Saturn opposition Oct 4 (Sunday): up all night, rises at sunset, brightest of year; rings slightly tilted, southern face visible; tonight through weekend are the best nights Waning gibbous moon ~60% lit; moonrise ~11 PM PDT tonight, moonset ~1:57 PM — dark window from nightfall to ~10-11 PM Milky Way's bright core: final weeks for northern hemisphere viewing; Andromeda galaxy best around new moon Oct 10 (2.5 million light years, naked-eye under dark skies) Venus slipping away from evening sky, heading to inferior conjunction Oct 24; may still show low in western twilight Mars: morning planet r
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