Monthly sky briefing
October 2024
In October 2024, Venus was the brightest thing in the evening sky, while Jupiter led the morning. The full moon fell on 17 Oct. The Orionids peaked around 21 Oct. 7 Starlink trains went up — a well-known source of "string of lights" reports in the days after.
Bright planets
- Venusevening sky · mag -3.9
- Jupitermorning sky · mag -2.6
- Marsmorning sky · mag +0.3
- Saturnevening sky · mag +0.6
Moon
- Full moon17 Oct
- New moon2 Oct
Meteor showers
- Orionidspeak 21 Oct
Rocket launches
7 launches · 7 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-1015 Oct
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-715 Oct
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-1918 Oct
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-6123 Oct
Reports this monthopen 2024 on the map ↗
294most reported: orb (35), light (26), diamond (13)
Everything above is computed from public data — planet and moon positions, the launch log and the report catalogue. It doesn’t explain any single report; it just shows how much ordinary sky was overhead. What can’t be pinned to a planet, a launch or the moon is the part worth a closer look.