October 1950

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 74%
9. 2 65%
10. 3 56%
11. 4 Last qtr
12. 5 37%
13. 6 27%
14. 7 18%
15. 8 11%
16. 9 5%
17. 10 1%
18. 11 New
19. 12 2%
20. 13 7%
21. 14 14%
22. 15 23%
23. 16 34%
24. 17 First qtr
25. 18 56%
26. 19 66%
27. 20 76%
28. 21 84%
29. 22 91%
30. 23 96%
31. 24 99%
32. 25 Full
33. 26 99%
34. 27 97%
35. 28 93%
36. 29 87%
37. 30 80%
38. 31 72%

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

Events in October 1950

1. Mon, Oct 27:39 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Wed, Oct 412:43 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Oct 42:53 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Fri, Oct 61:28 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Oct 98:10 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Oct 98:40 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Oct 105:39 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Oct 104:09 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

9. Tue, Oct 105:19 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Oct 106:39 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

11. Wed, Oct 117:39 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Oct 118:34 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Thu, Oct 12

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.

14. Sun, Oct 153:11 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Oct 1710:17 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Oct 1711:18 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Thu, Oct 197:51 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Oct 197:55 PM

    Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.

19. Fri, Oct 2011:26 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Oct 2410:04 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

21. Wed, Oct 253:47 PM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

22. Sat, Oct 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

23. Tue, Oct 317:53 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

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