October 2019

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 12%
11. 2 20%
12. 3 30%
13. 4 40%
14. 5 First qtr
15. 6 60%
16. 7 69%
17. 8 77%
18. 9 85%
19. 10 91%
20. 11 95%
21. 12 98%
22. 13 Full
23. 14 99%
24. 15 97%
25. 16 93%
26. 17 87%
27. 18 79%
28. 19 70%
29. 20 59%
30. 21 Last qtr
31. 22 37%
32. 23 27%
33. 24 17%
34. 25 9%
35. 26 3%
36. 27 New
37. 28 1%
38. 29 3%
39. 30 8%
40. 31 15%

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

Events in October 2019

1. Thu, Oct 34:40 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Oct 512:47 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sat, Oct 54:39 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Oct 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

5. Thu, Oct 109:33 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Oct 135:08 PM

   Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

7. Mon, Oct 1410:28 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Oct 1911:57 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

9. Mon, Oct 218:39 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Oct 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.

11. Sat, Oct 263:48 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Oct 2711:39 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Mon, Oct 284:02 AM

    Uranus at opposition

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

14. Tue, Oct 2911:14 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Oct 292:20 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

16. Wed, Oct 306:04 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Oct 3110:30 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

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