October 2017

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 82%
9. 2 89%
10. 3 95%
11. 4 98%
12. 5 Full
13. 6 99%
14. 7 95%
15. 8 89%
16. 9 81%
17. 10 71%
18. 11 60%
19. 12 Last qtr
20. 13 37%
21. 14 27%
22. 15 18%
23. 16 10%
24. 17 5%
25. 18 1%
26. 19 New
27. 20 1%
28. 21 4%
29. 22 8%
30. 23 14%
31. 24 21%
32. 25 29%
33. 26 38%
34. 27 First qtr
35. 28 57%
36. 29 67%
37. 30 76%
38. 31 84%

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

Events in October 2017

1. Tue, Oct 38:45 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Oct 512:53 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Oct 52:40 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

4. Fri, Oct 62:57 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Oct 84:36 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

6. Mon, Oct 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.

7. Thu, Oct 128:26 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Tue, Oct 177:27 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Oct 177:39 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Oct 179:57 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Oct 184:54 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Oct 191:21 PM

    Uranus at opposition

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

13. Thu, Oct 193:12 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Fri, Oct 201:41 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Oct 206:56 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

16. Fri, Oct 207:23 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Oct 247:55 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Oct 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

19. Thu, Oct 262:15 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

20. Fri, Oct 276:22 PM

    First Quarter

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

21. Mon, Oct 305:32 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

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