October 2014

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 First qtr
12. 2 60%
13. 3 71%
14. 4 81%
15. 5 89%
16. 6 95%
17. 7 99%
18. 8 Full
19. 9 98%
20. 10 94%
21. 11 87%
22. 12 79%
23. 13 71%
24. 14 61%
25. 15 Last qtr
26. 16 42%
27. 17 33%
28. 18 24%
29. 19 17%
30. 20 10%
31. 21 5%
32. 22 2%
33. 23 New
34. 24 1%
35. 25 3%
36. 26 8%
37. 27 15%
38. 28 24%
39. 29 34%
40. 30 First qtr
41. 31 56%

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

Events in October 2014

1. Wed, Oct 13:33 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Oct 51:56 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Oct 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.

4. Tue, Oct 74:43 PM

   Uranus at opposition

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

5. Wed, Oct 85:51 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Oct 86:51 AM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

7. Wed, Oct 86:54 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

8. Wed, Oct 153:12 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Thu, Oct 164:33 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

10. Fri, Oct 171:56 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Oct 18

    Apogee

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

12. Wed, Oct 225:26 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Oct 235:12 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Oct 235:44 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

15. Thu, Oct 235:57 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Sat, Oct 252:52 AM

    Venus behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

17. Sat, Oct 2512:11 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Oct 3010:48 PM

    First Quarter

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

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