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

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

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

October 18, 2026: Find Jupiter and Mars before sunrise, Saturn after sunset, and Uranus near the Pleiades. See the moon phase and observing tips for October. Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 7:07 a.m. CDT; ...

October 17, 2026: Investigations by NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope studies brown dwarfs, bodies heated from within, but do not revolve around a host star. Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 7:05 a.m. CDT; Sunset, ...

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 7:04 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 6:08 p.m. CDT. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times. Sunlight ...

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 ...

The waxing crescent moon returns to the evening sky and appears near Antares. Look for earthshine and photograph the pair after sunset.

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 ...

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 7:00 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 6:14 p.m. CDT. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times. NASA is ...

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 ...