October 1952

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 95%
12. 2 99%
13. 3 Full
14. 4 98%
15. 5 93%
16. 6 87%
17. 7 79%
18. 8 70%
19. 9 61%
20. 10 Last qtr
21. 11 42%
22. 12 33%
23. 13 24%
24. 14 16%
25. 15 10%
26. 16 5%
27. 17 2%
28. 18 New
29. 19 1%
30. 20 4%
31. 21 8%
32. 22 15%
33. 23 24%
34. 24 34%
35. 25 First qtr
36. 26 56%
37. 27 67%
38. 28 78%
39. 29 86%
40. 30 93%
41. 31 98%

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

Events in October 1952

1. Wed, Oct 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.

2. Fri, Oct 37:15 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

3. Fri, Oct 37:37 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Oct 512:19 PM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

5. Sun, Oct 57:12 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Oct 102:33 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Fri, Oct 104:34 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 113:21 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

9. Mon, Oct 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

10. Tue, Oct 143:51 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

11. Sat, Oct 184:58 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Oct 185:42 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Mon, Oct 202:57 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Oct 217:42 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Oct 245:54 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Oct 2511:04 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Wed, Oct 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.

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