October 1982

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 98%
14. 2 Full
15. 3 99%
16. 4 97%
17. 5 92%
18. 6 84%
19. 7 75%
20. 8 65%
21. 9 Last qtr
22. 10 42%
23. 11 31%
24. 12 21%
25. 13 13%
26. 14 7%
27. 15 2%
28. 16 New
29. 17 1%
30. 18 3%
31. 19 7%
32. 20 13%
33. 21 21%
34. 22 29%
35. 23 38%
36. 24 First qtr
37. 25 56%
38. 26 66%
39. 27 75%
40. 28 83%
41. 29 90%
42. 30 95%
43. 31 99%

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

Events in October 1982

1. Sat, Oct 21:21 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Sat, Oct 29:09 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

3. Tue, Oct 56:42 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Oct 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.

5. Sat, Oct 97:26 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Fri, Oct 159:32 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Oct 1610:48 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 168:04 PM

   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 169:15 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

10. Sat, Oct 1611:06 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Oct 171:53 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Mon, Oct 1812:44 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Oct 185:27 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

14. Tue, Oct 1910:10 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Oct 211:23 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Oct 216:13 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Oct 216:40 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

18. Fri, Oct 229:18 AM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Oct 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

20. Sun, Oct 248:08 PM

    First Quarter

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

21. Sun, Oct 2410:18 PM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

22. Sun, Oct 319:01 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

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