October 1981

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 11%
13. 2 18%
14. 3 26%
15. 4 35%
16. 5 44%
17. 6 First qtr
18. 7 63%
19. 8 73%
20. 9 81%
21. 10 89%
22. 11 95%
23. 12 99%
24. 13 Full
25. 14 98%
26. 15 93%
27. 16 86%
28. 17 77%
29. 18 67%
30. 19 Last qtr
31. 20 45%
32. 21 34%
33. 22 25%
34. 23 16%
35. 24 10%
36. 25 4%
37. 26 1%
38. 27 New
39. 28 1%
40. 29 3%
41. 30 7%
42. 31 13%

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

Events in October 1981

1. Thu, Oct 110:16 PM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

2. Fri, Oct 27:54 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Oct 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

4. Sun, Oct 410:21 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Oct 612:32 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

6. Tue, Oct 63:45 AM

   First Quarter

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

7. Tue, Oct 67:18 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Oct 138:50 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

9. Wed, Oct 1412:48 AM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

10. Wed, Oct 14

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.

11. Sun, Oct 186:26 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

12. Mon, Oct 1911:41 PM

    Last Quarter

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

13. Tue, Oct 203:01 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Oct 2010:24 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

15. Thu, Oct 221:53 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Oct 261:38 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Oct 266:52 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.

18. Mon, Oct 267:36 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Oct 2611:00 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

20. Mon, Oct 265:49 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Oct 273:14 PM

    New Moon

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

22. Thu, Oct 292:18 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

23. Thu, Oct 294:39 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

24. Fri, Oct 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

25. Sat, Oct 315:30 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

26. Sat, Oct 3111:29 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

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