October 1960

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 87%
15. 2 94%
16. 3 98%
17. 4 Full
18. 5 99%
19. 6 96%
20. 7 92%
21. 8 85%
22. 9 78%
23. 10 69%
24. 11 60%
25. 12 Last qtr
26. 13 41%
27. 14 32%
28. 15 23%
29. 16 16%
30. 17 9%
31. 18 4%
32. 19 1%
33. 20 New
34. 21 2%
35. 22 6%
36. 23 13%
37. 24 21%
38. 25 32%
39. 26 43%
40. 27 First qtr
41. 28 65%
42. 29 75%
43. 30 85%
44. 31 92%

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

Events in October 1960

1. Mon, Oct 310:23 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Oct 46:16 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

3. Fri, Oct 72:14 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Oct 72:23 PM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Oct 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

6. Wed, Oct 121:25 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sat, Oct 1512:32 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 156:22 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

9. Thu, Oct 208:02 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Oct 213:43 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Oct 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.

12. Mon, Oct 246:07 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 254:25 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Oct 273:34 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.