October 1938

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 First qtr
15. 2 62%
16. 3 71%
17. 4 79%
18. 5 86%
19. 6 92%
20. 7 97%
21. 8 99%
22. 9 Full
23. 10 98%
24. 11 94%
25. 12 87%
26. 13 79%
27. 14 69%
28. 15 58%
29. 16 Last qtr
30. 17 35%
31. 18 25%
32. 19 16%
33. 20 8%
34. 21 3%
35. 22 1%
36. 23 New
37. 24 2%
38. 25 6%
39. 26 11%
40. 27 18%
41. 28 26%
42. 29 35%
43. 30 44%
44. 31 First qtr

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

Events in October 1938

1. Sat, Oct 16:45 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Oct 2

   Apogee

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

3. Sat, Oct 88:01 AM

   Saturn at opposition

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

4. Sun, Oct 94:37 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

5. Mon, Oct 106:14 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

6. Tue, Oct 1112:26 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Oct 125:20 AM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Oct 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.

9. Sun, Oct 164:24 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Wed, Oct 1912:19 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

11. Thu, Oct 202:35 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Oct 233:42 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Sun, Oct 239:20 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Oct 30

    Apogee

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

15. Mon, Oct 312:45 AM

    First Quarter

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

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