October 1992

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 31%
13. 2 41%
14. 3 First qtr
15. 4 60%
16. 5 69%
17. 6 78%
18. 7 85%
19. 8 91%
20. 9 96%
21. 10 99%
22. 11 Full
23. 12 99%
24. 13 96%
25. 14 91%
26. 15 85%
27. 16 76%
28. 17 67%
29. 18 56%
30. 19 Last qtr
31. 20 33%
32. 21 23%
33. 22 14%
34. 23 7%
35. 24 2%
36. 25 New
37. 26 1%
38. 27 4%
39. 28 10%
40. 29 17%
41. 30 25%
42. 31 34%

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

Events in October 1992

1. Sat, Oct 310:12 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sat, Oct 35:03 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Oct 36:56 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.

4. Sat, Oct 39:13 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Oct 612:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Oct 7

   Apogee

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

7. Sun, Oct 112:03 PM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

8. Sun, Oct 1810:29 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Oct 1912:12 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Fri, Oct 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.

11. Sun, Oct 253:34 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Tue, Oct 2710:23 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Oct 289:44 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Oct 311:04 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.

15. Sat, Oct 311:27 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Oct 315:02 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Oct 3111:02 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

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