Find bright Jupiter and Mars before sunrise, the gibbous Moon after sunset, and Saturn through a telescope. Learn how ...

Find Jupiter and Mars before sunrise, Saturn after sunset, and Uranus near the Pleiades. See the moon phase and observing ...

At Chicago’s latitude, darkness soon exceeds daylight. Compare the duration of this period in Chicago, Anchorage, and Miami.

Find the Full Hunter’s Moon near Saturn, Jupiter and Mars before sunrise, and observing details for Mercury, Venus, Uranus, ...

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:59 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 6:15 p.m. CDT. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times. Chart ...

Chart Caption – 2026, October 13: Mars begins to approach Jupiter in the east-southeastern sky before sunrise. Step outside an hour before sunrise. Bright Jupiter is over one-third of the way from the ...

Find the bright Hunter’s Moon near the Pleiades before sunrise, watch Mars approach Jupiter and Regulus, and observe Saturn ...

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 7:03 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 6:09 p.m. CDT. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times. Before ...

Find Jupiter, Mars, and Regulus lined up before sunrise. After sunset, the nearly full Hunter’s Moon appears near Saturn.

Find Arcturus and the Big Dipper in the western sky after sunset. Discover the star’s seasonal transition and its role in ...

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:56 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 6:19 p.m. CDT. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times.

October 1, 2026: The waning moon shines in front of Taurus near Aldebaran and the Pleiades. Watch it move toward Mars and an occultation (eclipse) of Jupiter across North America. Photo Capton- 2020, ...