October 1961

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 Last qtr
9. 2 40%
10. 3 31%
11. 4 22%
12. 5 15%
13. 6 9%
14. 7 4%
15. 8 1%
16. 9 New
17. 10 1%
18. 11 4%
19. 12 9%
20. 13 15%
21. 14 24%
22. 15 34%
23. 16 44%
24. 17 First qtr
25. 18 67%
26. 19 77%
27. 20 86%
28. 21 93%
29. 22 98%
30. 23 Full
31. 24 99%
32. 25 96%
33. 26 90%
34. 27 83%
35. 28 75%
36. 29 66%
37. 30 56%
38. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in October 1961

1. Sun, Oct 110:10 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Oct 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

3. Thu, Oct 54:32 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Oct 74:36 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Oct 92:53 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Wed, Oct 115:40 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

7. Wed, Oct 115:40 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Oct 1112:36 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Oct 111:05 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

   All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

10. Thu, Oct 1211:42 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Oct 168:57 PM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Oct 1712:31 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 1712:35 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Tue, Oct 172:47 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Oct 178:35 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Oct 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.

17. Sun, Oct 222:51 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

18. Mon, Oct 235:31 PM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

19. Tue, Oct 313:59 AM

    Last Quarter

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

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