October 1993

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 99%
14. 2 97%
15. 3 93%
16. 4 87%
17. 5 80%
18. 6 71%
19. 7 62%
20. 8 Last qtr
21. 9 41%
22. 10 30%
23. 11 20%
24. 12 12%
25. 13 5%
26. 14 1%
27. 15 New
28. 16 2%
29. 17 7%
30. 18 14%
31. 19 23%
32. 20 33%
33. 21 43%
34. 22 First qtr
35. 23 63%
36. 24 72%
37. 25 80%
38. 26 87%
39. 27 93%
40. 28 97%
41. 29 99%
42. 30 Full
43. 31 99%

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

Events in October 1993

1. Tue, Oct 54:17 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Oct 83:36 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Thu, Oct 1412:15 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

4. Thu, Oct 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

5. Fri, Oct 157:36 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Fri, Oct 1511:15 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Oct 164:23 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 165:36 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Oct 171:30 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Oct 186:18 AM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

11. Thu, Oct 218:41 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Oct 219:11 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Oct 219:14 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Oct 224:52 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sun, Oct 2411:03 PM

    Uranus and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Oct 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

17. Thu, Oct 284:28 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Oct 308:38 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

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