Monthly Astro Calendar

All times are MST from Winslow AZ

October 2025

• 10-05, Saturn, Titan Shadow Transit, 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. MST (Full moon 3 1/2 D)

• 10-06, Full Moon

• 10-07, Draconids, 10/hr

• 10-13, Last Quarter Moon

• 10-18, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Presentation 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

  • Visitor Center Presentation, Dr. Kevin Schindler is the historian and Public Information Officer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he has worked for 27 years. He shares Lowell’s long history of research and exploration through writing and public presentations. He writes articles for a variety of publications and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column, “View from Mars Hill”, for the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper.

  • Sunset 5:50 p.m. MST10-18,

• Winslow Homolovi Observatory Observing 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

  • Comet SWAN, C/2025 R2, .3 AU from Earth

  • NGC7009, Saturn Nebula, Planetary Nebula

  • M27, Dumbbell Nebula

  • M31 & M32, Andromeda Galaxy & Satellite Galaxy

  • Neptune, 4 light hours away

  • Saturn, Ringed Planet

• 10-21, New Moon

• 10-21, Orionids, 20/hr

• 10-28, First Quarter Moon ----- Lunar X and V, starts 3:02 p.m. MST -------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

November 2025

• 11-02, Daylight Savings Time ends

• 11-04, Taurids, 5-10/hr

• 11-05, Full Moon

• 11-12, Last Quarter Moon

• 11-15, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Presentation 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

  • Speaker TBA

• 11-15, Winslow Homolovi Observatory Observing 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

  • NGC7662, Blue Snowball Nebula, Planetary Nebula

  • M27, Dumbbell Nebula

  • M31 & M32, Andromeda Galaxy & Satellite Galaxy

  • Comet SWAN, C/2025 R2, .6 AU from Earth

  • Saturn, Ringed Planet

  • Uranus, 2.5 light hours from Earth

• 11-17, Leonids, 15/hr

• 11-20, New Moon

• 11-21, Uranus Opposition

• 10-28, First Quarter Moon