October 2015

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 82%
13. 2 73%
14. 3 63%
15. 4 Last qtr
16. 5 42%
17. 6 32%
18. 7 24%
19. 8 16%
20. 9 10%
21. 10 5%
22. 11 2%
23. 12 New
24. 13 0%
25. 14 3%
26. 15 7%
27. 16 12%
28. 17 19%
29. 18 28%
30. 19 38%
31. 20 First qtr
32. 21 59%
33. 22 70%
34. 23 80%
35. 24 88%
36. 25 95%
37. 26 99%
38. 27 Full
39. 28 98%
40. 29 93%
41. 30 86%
42. 31 78%

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

Events in October 2015

1. Sun, Oct 45:06 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Oct 84:01 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Oct 910:05 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Oct 91:21 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

5. Fri, Oct 95:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Oct 117:12 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Oct 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

8. Sun, Oct 1111:36 PM

   Uranus at opposition

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

9. Mon, Oct 128:06 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, Oct 1511:14 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

11. Fri, Oct 1610:07 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Oct 176:42 PM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Oct 204:31 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Fri, Oct 231:16 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Oct 254:05 PM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Oct 2511:46 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

17. Mon, Oct 263:09 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

18. Mon, Oct 266:56 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Oct 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.

20. Tue, Oct 278:05 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's MoonSupermoon

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

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