October 1966

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 96%
15. 2 92%
16. 3 86%
17. 4 78%
18. 5 70%
19. 6 60%
20. 7 Last qtr
21. 8 38%
22. 9 27%
23. 10 17%
24. 11 9%
25. 12 3%
26. 13 New
27. 14 0%
28. 15 3%
29. 16 9%
30. 17 16%
31. 18 25%
32. 19 35%
33. 20 45%
34. 21 First qtr
35. 22 64%
36. 23 73%
37. 24 81%
38. 25 88%
39. 26 93%
40. 27 97%
41. 28 99%
42. 29 Full
43. 30 98%
44. 31 95%

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

Events in October 1966

1. Fri, Oct 79:08 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Oct 84:05 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Oct 101:26 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Oct 122:28 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Oct 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.

6. Thu, Oct 1312:22 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Oct 1311:52 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Sat, Oct 151:51 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Oct 161:31 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Oct 163:00 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

11. Fri, Oct 211:35 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Fri, Oct 217:06 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

14. Tue, Oct 256:26 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Oct 2612:22 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

16. Sat, Oct 296:00 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

17. Sat, Oct 296:12 AM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

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