October 1946

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 34%
11. 2 43%
12. 3 First qtr
13. 4 62%
14. 5 72%
15. 6 80%
16. 7 88%
17. 8 94%
18. 9 98%
19. 10 Full
20. 11 99%
21. 12 95%
22. 13 89%
23. 14 81%
24. 15 71%
25. 16 60%
26. 17 Last qtr
27. 18 37%
28. 19 27%
29. 20 18%
30. 21 11%
31. 22 5%
32. 23 2%
33. 24 New
34. 25 1%
35. 26 3%
36. 27 7%
37. 28 12%
38. 29 19%
39. 30 27%
40. 31 36%

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

Events in October 1946

1. Tue, Oct 1

   Apogee

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

2. Tue, Oct 111:03 PM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

3. Thu, Oct 34:53 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Wed, Oct 94:07 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered

   All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Oct 94:48 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Oct 103:41 PM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

7. Sun, Oct 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.

8. Tue, Oct 152:26 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Oct 171:01 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

10. Thu, Oct 178:28 AM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Fri, Oct 189:20 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Oct 1910:39 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Oct 2312:42 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Oct 246:32 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Oct 255:07 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Oct 2612:16 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Oct 265:18 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

18. Sat, Oct 268:26 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

19. Sun, Oct 279:53 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

20. Tue, Oct 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

21. Thu, Oct 315:22 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

22. Thu, Oct 312:30 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

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