October 1979

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 77%
10. 2 86%
11. 3 93%
12. 4 98%
13. 5 Full
14. 6 99%
15. 7 95%
16. 8 89%
17. 9 81%
18. 10 72%
19. 11 62%
20. 12 Last qtr
21. 13 43%
22. 14 33%
23. 15 25%
24. 16 17%
25. 17 11%
26. 18 6%
27. 19 2%
28. 20 New
29. 21 0%
30. 22 3%
31. 23 7%
32. 24 13%
33. 25 21%
34. 26 30%
35. 27 40%
36. 28 First qtr
37. 29 63%
38. 30 74%
39. 31 83%

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

Events in October 1979

1. Thu, Oct 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.

2. Fri, Oct 53:35 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

3. Fri, Oct 125:24 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Sun, Oct 142:19 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Oct 1610:23 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Oct 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

7. Thu, Oct 1812:13 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 2010:23 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Oct 215:10 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Oct 226:28 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Oct 222:05 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Oct 223:41 PM

    Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

13. Mon, Oct 226:14 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Oct 229:34 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

15. Wed, Oct 2411:23 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Oct 279:32 AM

    Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Oct 2711:15 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Oct 288:06 AM

    First Quarter

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

19. Mon, Oct 2911:14 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

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