October 1980

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 45%
12. 2 34%
13. 3 25%
14. 4 17%
15. 5 10%
16. 6 5%
17. 7 2%
18. 8 New
19. 9 0%
20. 10 2%
21. 11 6%
22. 12 11%
23. 13 18%
24. 14 26%
25. 15 35%
26. 16 First qtr
27. 17 56%
28. 18 66%
29. 19 76%
30. 20 85%
31. 21 93%
32. 22 98%
33. 23 Full
34. 24 99%
35. 25 95%
36. 26 88%
37. 27 80%
38. 28 70%
39. 29 60%
40. 30 Last qtr
41. 31 40%

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

Events in October 1980

1. Thu, Oct 210:22 AM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Oct 53:04 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Oct 76:15 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Oct 75:47 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

5. Tue, Oct 76:37 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Oct 810:50 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Oct 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.

8. Sat, Oct 1112:24 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

9. Sun, Oct 122:59 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Oct 129:42 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Oct 147:59 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Oct 1611:47 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Thu, Oct 23

    Perigee

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

14. Thu, Oct 234:52 PM

    Full Moon Hunter's MoonSupermoon

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

15. Thu, Oct 3011:33 AM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Thu, Oct 307:38 PM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

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