October 2020

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 Full
13. 2 99%
14. 3 97%
15. 4 93%
16. 5 88%
17. 6 81%
18. 7 73%
19. 8 64%
20. 9 Last qtr
21. 10 44%
22. 11 33%
23. 12 23%
24. 13 14%
25. 14 7%
26. 15 2%
27. 16 New
28. 17 1%
29. 18 5%
30. 19 12%
31. 20 20%
32. 21 30%
33. 22 41%
34. 23 First qtr
35. 24 61%
36. 25 71%
37. 26 79%
38. 27 86%
39. 28 92%
40. 29 96%
41. 30 99%
42. 31 Full

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

Events in October 2020

1. Thu, Oct 112:13 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

2. Thu, Oct 15:05 PM

   Full Moon Harvest MoonMicromoon

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

3. Fri, Oct 211:56 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Oct 3

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

5. Sun, Oct 46:58 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Oct 98:40 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Tue, Oct 137:21 PM

   Mars at opposition

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

8. Tue, Oct 1310:55 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Oct 163:31 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Oct 16

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

11. Thu, Oct 221:44 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Oct 2211:37 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

13. Fri, Oct 2312:34 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Oct 239:23 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sun, Oct 252:16 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

16. Tue, Oct 275:40 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Oct 292:32 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Oct 30

    Apogee

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

19. Sat, Oct 3110:49 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's MoonBlue MoonMicromoon

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

20. Sat, Oct 3110:54 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

21. Sat, Oct 3111:40 AM

    Uranus at opposition

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

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