October 1943

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 5%
14. 2 11%
15. 3 18%
16. 4 27%
17. 5 37%
18. 6 First qtr
19. 7 59%
20. 8 70%
21. 9 80%
22. 10 89%
23. 11 95%
24. 12 99%
25. 13 Full
26. 14 98%
27. 15 94%
28. 16 88%
29. 17 81%
30. 18 73%
31. 19 63%
32. 20 Last qtr
33. 21 45%
34. 22 35%
35. 23 27%
36. 24 19%
37. 25 12%
38. 26 6%
39. 27 2%
40. 28 New
41. 29 1%
42. 30 3%
43. 31 8%

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

Events in October 1943

1. Wed, Oct 64:10 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Oct 102:41 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Sun, Oct 1012:44 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

4. Sun, Oct 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.

5. Wed, Oct 139:23 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

6. Wed, Oct 136:05 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Oct 1611:31 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Oct 1812:08 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Oct 187:18 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Mon, Oct 189:47 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Oct 209:42 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Fri, Oct 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

13. Sat, Oct 233:10 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Oct 252:19 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Oct 2610:15 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Oct 285:12 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Oct 289:59 PM

    New Moon

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

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