October 1962

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 7%
10. 2 13%
11. 3 20%
12. 4 29%
13. 5 38%
14. 6 First qtr
15. 7 59%
16. 8 70%
17. 9 79%
18. 10 88%
19. 11 95%
20. 12 99%
21. 13 Full
22. 14 98%
23. 15 93%
24. 16 86%
25. 17 77%
26. 18 67%
27. 19 57%
28. 20 Last qtr
29. 21 37%
30. 22 28%
31. 23 20%
32. 24 13%
33. 25 7%
34. 26 3%
35. 27 1%
36. 28 New
37. 29 1%
38. 30 5%
39. 31 9%

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

Events in October 1962

1. Mon, Oct 15:49 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Oct 611:42 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Sat, Oct 63:54 PM

   First Quarter

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

4. Mon, Oct 86:42 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Oct 107:05 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Oct 124:49 AM

   Venus at its brightest

   Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

7. Fri, Oct 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

8. Sat, Oct 138:33 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's MoonSupermoon

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

9. Sat, Oct 204:47 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Oct 208:28 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Oct 2212:25 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Tue, Oct 237:02 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Oct 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

14. Fri, Oct 267:30 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Oct 288:05 AM

    New Moon

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

16. Mon, Oct 2912:37 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

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