October 2000

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 16%
9. 2 25%
10. 3 33%
11. 4 43%
12. 5 First qtr
13. 6 61%
14. 7 70%
15. 8 79%
16. 9 86%
17. 10 92%
18. 11 97%
19. 12 99%
20. 13 Full
21. 14 98%
22. 15 94%
23. 16 87%
24. 17 79%
25. 18 69%
26. 19 58%
27. 20 Last qtr
28. 21 35%
29. 22 25%
30. 23 16%
31. 24 9%
32. 25 3%
33. 26 1%
34. 27 New
35. 28 2%
36. 29 6%
37. 30 12%
38. 31 19%

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

Events in October 2000

1. Thu, Oct 56:59 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Oct 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

3. Fri, Oct 66:22 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

4. Sat, Oct 72:16 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Oct 84:54 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Oct 134:53 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

7. Mon, Oct 162:17 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Oct 168:42 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Oct 19

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.

10. Fri, Oct 203:59 AM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Tue, Oct 243:59 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Oct 273:58 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Sun, Oct 299:01 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

14. Mon, Oct 304:33 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

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