October 1978

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 0%
9. 2 New
10. 3 2%
11. 4 6%
12. 5 13%
13. 6 21%
14. 7 31%
15. 8 42%
16. 9 First qtr
17. 10 64%
18. 11 75%
19. 12 84%
20. 13 92%
21. 14 97%
22. 15 100%
23. 16 Full
24. 17 98%
25. 18 93%
26. 19 87%
27. 20 80%
28. 21 72%
29. 22 63%
30. 23 Last qtr
31. 24 44%
32. 25 35%
33. 26 26%
34. 27 18%
35. 28 11%
36. 29 5%
37. 30 2%
38. 31 New

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

Events in October 1978

1. Mon, Oct 22:27 AM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

2. Mon, Oct 22:41 AM

   New Moon

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

3. Mon, Oct 25:27 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Oct 411:52 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Oct 43:45 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

6. Wed, Oct 47:58 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Oct 72:49 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 76:43 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

9. Mon, Oct 95:38 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Wed, Oct 11

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.

11. Wed, Oct 113:01 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Oct 162:10 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

13. Mon, Oct 238:34 PM

    Last Quarter

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

14. Mon, Oct 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

15. Tue, Oct 245:55 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Oct 2411:06 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Oct 256:24 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

18. Fri, Oct 276:16 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Oct 276:15 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

20. Sun, Oct 2912:36 PM

    Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

21. Tue, Oct 313:07 PM

    New Moon Black Moon

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

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