October 1955

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 Full
15. 2 99%
16. 3 95%
17. 4 89%
18. 5 81%
19. 6 71%
20. 7 61%
21. 8 Last qtr
22. 9 38%
23. 10 28%
24. 11 18%
25. 12 11%
26. 13 5%
27. 14 2%
28. 15 New
29. 16 1%
30. 17 3%
31. 18 8%
32. 19 14%
33. 20 21%
34. 21 29%
35. 22 38%
36. 23 First qtr
37. 24 57%
38. 25 67%
39. 26 76%
40. 27 84%
41. 28 91%
42. 29 96%
43. 30 99%
44. 31 Full

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

Events in October 1955

1. Sat, Oct 13:17 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

2. Wed, Oct 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.

3. Fri, Oct 71:44 PM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

4. Sat, Oct 810:04 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sat, Oct 810:10 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Oct 94:02 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Oct 109:43 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Oct 134:33 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

9. Sat, Oct 158:14 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Oct 153:32 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Sun, Oct 166:21 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Oct 164:34 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Oct 1710:55 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Oct 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

15. Fri, Oct 2111:55 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

16. Sun, Oct 237:05 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Sat, Oct 297:18 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

18. Sun, Oct 305:51 AM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Oct 311:04 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's MoonBlue Moon

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

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