October 1903

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 78%
13. 2 86%
14. 3 92%
15. 4 96%
16. 5 99%
17. 6 Full
18. 7 99%
19. 8 95%
20. 9 90%
21. 10 82%
22. 11 73%
23. 12 63%
24. 13 Last qtr
25. 14 40%
26. 15 29%
27. 16 19%
28. 17 11%
29. 18 5%
30. 19 1%
31. 20 New
32. 21 1%
33. 22 5%
34. 23 11%
35. 24 18%
36. 25 26%
37. 26 35%
38. 27 44%
39. 28 First qtr
40. 29 63%
41. 30 72%
42. 31 80%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in October 1903

1. Sat, Oct 39:56 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

2. Sun, Oct 47:06 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Oct 610:17 AM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

4. Tue, Oct 610:24 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

5. Mon, Oct 124:12 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Oct 132:57 PM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

7. Fri, Oct 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.

8. Sat, Oct 174:03 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Oct 1810:26 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

10. Mon, Oct 1912:55 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Oct 2010:30 AM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

12. Thu, Oct 227:05 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

13. Sat, Oct 247:51 AM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Oct 246:37 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

15. Wed, Oct 283:33 AM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

16. Wed, Oct 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

17. Sat, Oct 3111:33 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.