October 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 99%
10. 2 Full
11. 3 99%
12. 4 96%
13. 5 91%
14. 6 84%
15. 7 76%
16. 8 66%
17. 9 56%
18. 10 Last qtr
19. 11 34%
20. 12 23%
21. 13 14%
22. 14 7%
23. 15 2%
24. 16 New
25. 17 1%
26. 18 5%
27. 19 11%
28. 20 18%
29. 21 27%
30. 22 36%
31. 23 First qtr
32. 24 55%
33. 25 65%
34. 26 73%
35. 27 81%
36. 28 88%
37. 29 94%
38. 30 98%
39. 31 100%

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

Events in October 2001

1. Tue, Oct 29:49 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

2. Sun, Oct 72:48 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Oct 98:34 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Oct 1012:20 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sat, Oct 139:35 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Sun, Oct 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.

7. Mon, Oct 1512:52 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Oct 163:23 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Tue, Oct 234:11 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Oct 2310:59 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Wed, Oct 249:26 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Oct 253:31 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Oct 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

14. Mon, Oct 2911:28 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

15. Tue, Oct 302:00 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

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