October 2159

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 80%
10. 2 70%
11. 3 60%
12. 4 Last qtr
13. 5 37%
14. 6 26%
15. 7 17%
16. 8 9%
17. 9 4%
18. 10 1%
19. 11 New
20. 12 2%
21. 13 5%
22. 14 11%
23. 15 18%
24. 16 26%
25. 17 34%
26. 18 43%
27. 19 First qtr
28. 20 62%
29. 21 71%
30. 22 80%
31. 23 87%
32. 24 93%
33. 25 98%
34. 26 Full
35. 27 99%
36. 28 96%
37. 29 91%
38. 30 83%
39. 31 74%

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

Events in October 2159

1. Thu, Oct 48:07 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Oct 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.

3. Sun, Oct 77:21 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Oct 82:24 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Oct 103:07 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Oct 116:55 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Oct 111:34 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Oct 115:27 PM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

9. Fri, Oct 121:10 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Oct 125:55 PM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Oct 133:19 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

12. Thu, Oct 182:05 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Oct 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

14. Thu, Oct 1812:30 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

15. Fri, Oct 1912:10 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Oct 193:09 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

17. Fri, Oct 195:10 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Fri, Oct 198:39 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Oct 253:21 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

20. Fri, Oct 268:11 PM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

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

21. Sun, Oct 284:49 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

22. Tue, Oct 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.

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