October 2013

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 12%
11. 2 6%
12. 3 2%
13. 4 New
14. 5 1%
15. 6 3%
16. 7 8%
17. 8 16%
18. 9 25%
19. 10 35%
20. 11 First qtr
21. 12 58%
22. 13 69%
23. 14 79%
24. 15 87%
25. 16 94%
26. 17 98%
27. 18 Full
28. 19 99%
29. 20 97%
30. 21 93%
31. 22 87%
32. 23 80%
33. 24 71%
34. 25 62%
35. 26 Last qtr
36. 27 44%
37. 28 34%
38. 29 25%
39. 30 17%
40. 31 10%

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

Events in October 2013

1. Thu, Oct 39:56 AM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

2. Fri, Oct 48:35 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Sun, Oct 68:12 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Oct 611:08 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Oct 73:31 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

6. Tue, Oct 89:56 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Oct 83:38 PM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Oct 96:14 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

9. Thu, Oct 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.

10. Fri, Oct 117:02 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Thu, Oct 173:00 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Oct 187:38 PM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

13. Fri, Oct 187:50 PM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

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

14. Fri, Oct 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

15. Sat, Oct 267:41 PM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Tue, Oct 294:47 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

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