October 1995

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 First qtr
9. 2 62%
10. 3 73%
11. 4 82%
12. 5 90%
13. 6 95%
14. 7 99%
15. 8 Full
16. 9 99%
17. 10 96%
18. 11 91%
19. 12 85%
20. 13 77%
21. 14 69%
22. 15 60%
23. 16 Last qtr
24. 17 41%
25. 18 31%
26. 19 23%
27. 20 15%
28. 21 8%
29. 22 3%
30. 23 0%
31. 24 New
32. 25 3%
33. 26 8%
34. 27 16%
35. 28 26%
36. 29 37%
37. 30 First qtr
38. 31 59%

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

Events in October 1995

1. Sun, Oct 110:36 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Mon, Oct 211:42 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Oct 25:30 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Wed, Oct 49:08 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Sun, Oct 811:52 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

6. Sun, Oct 812:04 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

7. Sat, Oct 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

8. Mon, Oct 1612:26 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Fri, Oct 209:39 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

10. Sun, Oct 223:41 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Oct 2412:32 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

12. Tue, Oct 2412:36 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Wed, Oct 257:35 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Oct 268:36 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Oct 26

    Perigee

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

16. Fri, Oct 272:42 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Oct 294:28 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Oct 2910:11 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

19. Mon, Oct 304:17 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.