October 1916

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 21%
9. 2 31%
10. 3 42%
11. 4 First qtr
12. 5 64%
13. 6 75%
14. 7 84%
15. 8 92%
16. 9 97%
17. 10 99%
18. 11 Full
19. 12 97%
20. 13 93%
21. 14 87%
22. 15 80%
23. 16 72%
24. 17 63%
25. 18 Last qtr
26. 19 44%
27. 20 35%
28. 21 26%
29. 22 18%
30. 23 11%
31. 24 5%
32. 25 2%
33. 26 New
34. 27 1%
35. 28 4%
36. 29 10%
37. 30 18%
38. 31 28%

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

Events in October 1916

1. Wed, Oct 46:00 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, Oct 55:35 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Fri, Oct 65:19 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Oct 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.

5. Wed, Oct 112:01 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

6. Wed, Oct 188:08 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Thu, Oct 19

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

8. Thu, Oct 195:49 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Oct 193:14 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

10. Thu, Oct 193:25 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Oct 206:16 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Mon, Oct 239:00 PM

    Jupiter at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

13. Thu, Oct 263:37 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Sat, Oct 2810:46 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Oct 31

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.

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