October 1954

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 19%
14. 2 27%
15. 3 35%
16. 4 45%
17. 5 First qtr
18. 6 65%
19. 7 75%
20. 8 83%
21. 9 91%
22. 10 96%
23. 11 99%
24. 12 Full
25. 13 96%
26. 14 91%
27. 15 83%
28. 16 73%
29. 17 63%
30. 18 Last qtr
31. 19 41%
32. 20 31%
33. 21 22%
34. 22 15%
35. 23 8%
36. 24 4%
37. 25 1%
38. 26 New
39. 27 1%
40. 28 4%
41. 29 8%
42. 30 14%
43. 31 21%

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

Events in October 1954

1. Tue, Oct 512:31 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Tue, Oct 55:34 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Oct 511:41 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

4. Thu, Oct 74:53 AM

   Jupiter and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Oct 1212:10 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's MoonSupermoon

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

6. Tue, Oct 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

7. Thu, Oct 142:07 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

8. Mon, Oct 183:30 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Mon, Oct 188:02 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Mon, Oct 188:19 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Oct 1810:09 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Oct 1912:36 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

13. Mon, Oct 252:15 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Oct 2612:47 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Wed, Oct 271:46 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Oct 276:09 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

17. Wed, Oct 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

18. Thu, Oct 287:39 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Oct 294:08 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

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