October 1929

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 2%
11. 2 New
12. 3 1%
13. 4 4%
14. 5 8%
15. 6 15%
16. 7 23%
17. 8 31%
18. 9 40%
19. 10 First qtr
20. 11 59%
21. 12 68%
22. 13 77%
23. 14 85%
24. 15 91%
25. 16 96%
26. 17 99%
27. 18 Full
28. 19 98%
29. 20 94%
30. 21 87%
31. 22 79%
32. 23 69%
33. 24 57%
34. 25 Last qtr
35. 26 35%
36. 27 25%
37. 28 16%
38. 29 9%
39. 30 4%
40. 31 1%

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

Events in October 1929

1. Wed, Oct 25:19 PM

   New Moon

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

2. Wed, Oct 29:07 PM

   Uranus at opposition

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

3. Fri, Oct 44:01 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Oct 81:06 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Tue, Oct 85:12 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Oct 10

   Apogee

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

7. Thu, Oct 101:05 PM

   First Quarter

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

8. Thu, Oct 173:01 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Oct 187:06 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

10. Mon, Oct 2110:46 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Oct 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.

12. Wed, Oct 232:13 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Fri, Oct 253:21 AM

    Last Quarter

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

14. Sun, Oct 279:35 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Oct 307:31 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

16. Wed, Oct 307:31 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Oct 3010:48 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

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