October 1939

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 91%
9. 2 84%
10. 3 76%
11. 4 66%
12. 5 56%
13. 6 Last qtr
14. 7 34%
15. 8 23%
16. 9 14%
17. 10 7%
18. 11 2%
19. 12 New
20. 13 1%
21. 14 5%
22. 15 11%
23. 16 18%
24. 17 27%
25. 18 36%
26. 19 First qtr
27. 20 56%
28. 21 65%
29. 22 74%
30. 23 81%
31. 24 88%
32. 25 94%
33. 26 98%
34. 27 100%
35. 28 Full
36. 29 98%
37. 30 94%
38. 31 88%

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

Events in October 1939

1. Sun, Oct 16:57 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Oct 24:37 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Oct 612:28 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Tue, Oct 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.

5. Tue, Oct 1011:29 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Oct 123:30 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Oct 123:39 PM

   Total solar eclipse

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

8. Fri, Oct 138:50 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

9. Fri, Oct 139:14 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Oct 135:15 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Oct 1910:24 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Sat, Oct 219:33 PM

    Saturn at opposition

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

13. Sun, Oct 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

14. Wed, Oct 258:16 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Oct 271:03 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Oct 281:36 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

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

17. Sat, Oct 281:42 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

18. Sun, Oct 299:00 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

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