October 1971

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 88%
14. 2 95%
15. 3 99%
16. 4 Full
17. 5 98%
18. 6 93%
19. 7 86%
20. 8 77%
21. 9 67%
22. 10 56%
23. 11 Last qtr
24. 12 36%
25. 13 27%
26. 14 18%
27. 15 12%
28. 16 6%
29. 17 3%
30. 18 1%
31. 19 New
32. 20 2%
33. 21 5%
34. 22 10%
35. 23 17%
36. 24 25%
37. 25 34%
38. 26 44%
39. 27 First qtr
40. 28 65%
41. 29 76%
42. 30 85%
43. 31 93%

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

Events in October 1971

1. Mon, Oct 48:20 AM

   Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

2. Mon, Oct 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.

3. Thu, Oct 75:33 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

4. Fri, Oct 81:15 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Oct 810:29 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

6. Mon, Oct 111:29 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Mon, Oct 18

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

8. Tue, Oct 193:59 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Tue, Oct 199:00 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Oct 206:14 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

11. Fri, Oct 227:32 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

12. Wed, Oct 271:54 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Thu, Oct 285:29 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

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