October 1976

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 63%
14. 2 73%
15. 3 81%
16. 4 88%
17. 5 94%
18. 6 98%
19. 7 100%
20. 8 Full
21. 9 98%
22. 10 95%
23. 11 90%
24. 12 83%
25. 13 76%
26. 14 67%
27. 15 57%
28. 16 Last qtr
29. 17 37%
30. 18 27%
31. 19 17%
32. 20 9%
33. 21 4%
34. 22 0%
35. 23 New
36. 24 3%
37. 25 9%
38. 26 17%
39. 27 26%
40. 28 37%
41. 29 First qtr
42. 30 58%
43. 31 68%

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

Events in October 1976

1. Thu, Oct 712:03 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Fri, Oct 812:56 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

3. Sun, Oct 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

4. Mon, Oct 119:00 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Oct 164:59 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Mon, Oct 181:31 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Oct 227:18 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 231:10 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sat, Oct 231:12 AM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

10. Sat, Oct 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

11. Sat, Oct 2312:21 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Oct 2312:23 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Oct 235:30 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Oct 2510:21 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Oct 256:38 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

16. Mon, Oct 258:34 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Oct 296:05 PM

    First Quarter

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

18. Sat, Oct 302:49 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

19. Sat, Oct 305:52 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

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