October 1990

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 90%
10. 2 96%
11. 3 99%
12. 4 Full
13. 5 98%
14. 6 93%
15. 7 86%
16. 8 77%
17. 9 67%
18. 10 Last qtr
19. 11 44%
20. 12 34%
21. 13 24%
22. 14 16%
23. 15 9%
24. 16 4%
25. 17 1%
26. 18 New
27. 19 1%
28. 20 4%
29. 21 8%
30. 22 14%
31. 23 22%
32. 24 30%
33. 25 39%
34. 26 First qtr
35. 27 58%
36. 28 68%
37. 29 78%
38. 30 86%
39. 31 93%

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

Events in October 1990

1. Thu, Oct 48:02 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

2. Sat, Oct 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.

3. Mon, Oct 81:59 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Oct 1011:31 PM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Fri, Oct 123:09 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Oct 161:48 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Oct 183:34 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

8. Thu, Oct 1811:37 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Mon, Oct 2212:03 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

10. Mon, Oct 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

11. Wed, Oct 2410:45 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Oct 2410:20 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

13. Wed, Oct 2410:29 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Oct 2410:45 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

15. Thu, Oct 251:32 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Oct 264:27 PM

    First Quarter

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

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