October 1996

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 77%
11. 2 68%
12. 3 58%
13. 4 Last qtr
14. 5 39%
15. 6 30%
16. 7 22%
17. 8 14%
18. 9 8%
19. 10 4%
20. 11 1%
21. 12 New
22. 13 1%
23. 14 5%
24. 15 10%
25. 16 18%
26. 17 27%
27. 18 38%
28. 19 First qtr
29. 20 61%
30. 21 71%
31. 22 81%
32. 23 89%
33. 24 95%
34. 25 99%
35. 26 Full
36. 27 98%
37. 28 95%
38. 29 89%
39. 30 82%
40. 31 74%

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

Events in October 1996

1. Thu, Oct 31:44 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Fri, Oct 48:04 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, Oct 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

4. Tue, Oct 89:14 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Oct 113:34 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Oct 1210:02 AM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

7. Sat, Oct 1210:15 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Sat, Oct 1911:25 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Oct 192:09 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Sat, Oct 195:47 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Oct 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.

12. Thu, Oct 244:08 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Oct 2610:11 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.