October 1957

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 59%
11. 2 69%
12. 3 77%
13. 4 85%
14. 5 91%
15. 6 95%
16. 7 99%
17. 8 Full
18. 9 99%
19. 10 97%
20. 11 93%
21. 12 87%
22. 13 79%
23. 14 70%
24. 15 60%
25. 16 Last qtr
26. 17 38%
27. 18 27%
28. 19 17%
29. 20 9%
30. 21 3%
31. 22 0%
32. 23 New
33. 24 3%
34. 25 8%
35. 26 15%
36. 27 24%
37. 28 33%
38. 29 43%
39. 30 First qtr
40. 31 62%

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

Events in October 1957

1. Sat, Oct 512:06 PM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

2. Sat, Oct 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

3. Tue, Oct 85:42 PM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

4. Sun, Oct 132:50 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Oct 142:55 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered

   All within 1.0° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Oct 148:52 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Oct 165:34 AM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Oct 169:44 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, Oct 196:49 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Oct 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.

11. Tue, Oct 222:22 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Oct 223:44 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 226:45 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Oct 2211:33 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Oct 2312:43 AM

    New Moon

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

16. Wed, Oct 2312:53 AM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

17. Wed, Oct 234:48 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.

18. Wed, Oct 235:10 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Oct 2311:11 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

20. Fri, Oct 252:11 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

21. Fri, Oct 258:35 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

22. Sat, Oct 2612:05 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

23. Sat, Oct 262:16 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

24. Wed, Oct 305:48 AM

    First Quarter

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

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