October 1956

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 9%
10. 2 3%
11. 3 0%
12. 4 New
13. 5 3%
14. 6 7%
15. 7 14%
16. 8 22%
17. 9 30%
18. 10 40%
19. 11 First qtr
20. 12 58%
21. 13 68%
22. 14 76%
23. 15 84%
24. 16 90%
25. 17 95%
26. 18 99%
27. 19 Full
28. 20 99%
29. 21 96%
30. 22 90%
31. 23 82%
32. 24 73%
33. 25 62%
34. 26 Last qtr
35. 27 40%
36. 28 28%
37. 29 19%
38. 30 11%
39. 31 5%

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

Events in October 1956

1. Wed, Oct 32:16 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Oct 412:25 AM

   New Moon

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

3. Fri, Oct 58:25 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Oct 73:15 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Oct 112:44 PM

   First Quarter

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

6. Thu, Oct 1110:23 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Fri, Oct 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

8. Fri, Oct 191:25 PM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

9. Tue, Oct 2310:18 AM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

10. Thu, Oct 2512:16 PM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Oct 262:02 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Sat, Oct 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.

13. Tue, Oct 307:08 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

14. Wed, Oct 319:50 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

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