October 1968

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 76%
11. 2 85%
12. 3 92%
13. 4 97%
14. 5 99%
15. 6 Full
16. 7 99%
17. 8 95%
18. 9 91%
19. 10 84%
20. 11 77%
21. 12 68%
22. 13 59%
23. 14 Last qtr
24. 15 40%
25. 16 30%
26. 17 21%
27. 18 13%
28. 19 7%
29. 20 2%
30. 21 New
31. 22 1%
32. 23 5%
33. 24 11%
34. 25 19%
35. 26 30%
36. 27 41%
37. 28 First qtr
38. 29 63%
39. 30 73%
40. 31 82%

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

Events in October 1968

1. Sun, Oct 67:41 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

2. Sun, Oct 67:46 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

3. Mon, Oct 71:56 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Oct 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

5. Mon, Oct 1411:05 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Tue, Oct 155:11 AM

   Saturn at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

7. Tue, Oct 1511:33 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

8. Thu, Oct 1712:41 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Oct 187:26 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Oct 199:23 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Oct 199:23 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Oct 198:19 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

13. Sat, Oct 198:19 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Oct 2010:29 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Oct 215:44 PM

    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 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.

17. Thu, Oct 242:32 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

18. Mon, Oct 287:40 AM

    First Quarter

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

19. Thu, Oct 312:29 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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