October 1970

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 1%
13. 2 4%
14. 3 9%
15. 4 16%
16. 5 24%
17. 6 34%
18. 7 44%
19. 8 First qtr
20. 9 66%
21. 10 77%
22. 11 86%
23. 12 93%
24. 13 98%
25. 14 Full
26. 15 99%
27. 16 95%
28. 17 90%
29. 18 82%
30. 19 73%
31. 20 64%
32. 21 Last qtr
33. 22 45%
34. 23 36%
35. 24 27%
36. 25 19%
37. 26 12%
38. 27 6%
39. 28 3%
40. 29 0%
41. 30 New
42. 31 2%

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

Events in October 1970

1. Fri, Oct 23:33 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

2. Sat, Oct 310:41 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Oct 812:43 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Fri, Oct 96:15 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

5. Mon, Oct 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.

6. Tue, Oct 138:22 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Oct 144:21 PM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

8. Wed, Oct 2110:48 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, Oct 24

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

10. Tue, Oct 274:23 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

11. Tue, Oct 2711:46 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Oct 278:27 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 2711:56 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Oct 301:28 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Oct 305:27 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Oct 3012:48 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Oct 318:16 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

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