October 1930

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 70%
12. 2 78%
13. 3 85%
14. 4 91%
15. 5 96%
16. 6 99%
17. 7 Full
18. 8 99%
19. 9 96%
20. 10 92%
21. 11 85%
22. 12 76%
23. 13 67%
24. 14 56%
25. 15 Last qtr
26. 16 33%
27. 17 23%
28. 18 14%
29. 19 7%
30. 20 2%
31. 21 New
32. 22 1%
33. 23 4%
34. 24 10%
35. 25 17%
36. 26 25%
37. 27 34%
38. 28 44%
39. 29 First qtr
40. 30 62%
41. 31 71%

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

Events in October 1930

1. Fri, Oct 3

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

2. Tue, Oct 74:05 AM

   Uranus at opposition

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

3. Tue, Oct 75:57 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

4. Tue, Oct 71:06 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Oct 71:56 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

6. Tue, Oct 72:06 PM

   Partial lunar eclipse

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

7. Tue, Oct 1411:32 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

8. Wed, Oct 1512:12 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Wed, Oct 1511:13 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Oct 181:46 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Oct 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.

12. Mon, Oct 208:25 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 214:43 PM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

14. Tue, Oct 214:48 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Wed, Oct 2212:23 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

16. Fri, Oct 2411:10 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Oct 294:22 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Thu, Oct 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

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