October 1988

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 61%
15. 2 Last qtr
16. 3 41%
17. 4 31%
18. 5 23%
19. 6 15%
20. 7 9%
21. 8 5%
22. 9 1%
23. 10 New
24. 11 1%
25. 12 3%
26. 13 7%
27. 14 13%
28. 15 21%
29. 16 30%
30. 17 41%
31. 18 First qtr
32. 19 63%
33. 20 73%
34. 21 83%
35. 22 91%
36. 23 97%
37. 24 100%
38. 25 Full
39. 26 97%
40. 27 92%
41. 28 85%
42. 29 76%
43. 30 67%
44. 31 57%

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

Events in October 1988

1. Sun, Oct 212:59 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Oct 611:05 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Oct 7

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

4. Mon, Oct 105:49 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Mon, Oct 107:15 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Oct 112:26 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

7. Sun, Oct 167:38 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Oct 167:44 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

9. Tue, Oct 188:14 AM

   Saturn and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Oct 189:01 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sat, Oct 229:03 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Oct 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.

13. Tue, Oct 2512:36 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

14. Wed, Oct 264:20 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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