October 2009

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 93%
13. 2 97%
14. 3 99%
15. 4 Full
16. 5 98%
17. 6 93%
18. 7 87%
19. 8 79%
20. 9 69%
21. 10 58%
22. 11 Last qtr
23. 12 35%
24. 13 25%
25. 14 16%
26. 15 8%
27. 16 3%
28. 17 1%
29. 18 New
30. 19 3%
31. 20 7%
32. 21 13%
33. 22 20%
34. 23 28%
35. 24 37%
36. 25 First qtr
37. 26 56%
38. 27 65%
39. 28 74%
40. 29 82%
41. 30 89%
42. 31 95%

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

Events in October 2009

1. Fri, Oct 26:01 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Oct 42:10 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

3. Mon, Oct 59:28 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

4. Thu, Oct 82:32 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Oct 83:00 AM

   Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Oct 114:56 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sun, Oct 119:02 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Oct 136:50 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Oct 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.

10. Fri, Oct 165:08 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

11. Sun, Oct 181:33 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Sun, Oct 25

    Apogee

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

13. Sun, Oct 258:42 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Tue, Oct 272:39 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Oct 271:13 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

16. Tue, Oct 273:10 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

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