October 2186

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 90%
9. 2 83%
10. 3 74%
11. 4 64%
12. 5 Last qtr
13. 6 41%
14. 7 30%
15. 8 20%
16. 9 12%
17. 10 5%
18. 11 2%
19. 12 New
20. 13 1%
21. 14 5%
22. 15 10%
23. 16 17%
24. 17 25%
25. 18 34%
26. 19 43%
27. 20 First qtr
28. 21 62%
29. 22 71%
30. 23 79%
31. 24 87%
32. 25 93%
33. 26 97%
34. 27 99%
35. 28 Full
36. 29 97%
37. 30 93%
38. 31 86%

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

Events in October 2186

1. Sun, Oct 111:02 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Thu, Oct 55:30 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sat, Oct 78:25 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Oct 81:25 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Oct 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.

6. Wed, Oct 117:32 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

7. Wed, Oct 117:37 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Oct 119:50 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Oct 112:01 PM

   Venus at its brightest

   Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

10. Thu, Oct 1212:41 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Sun, Oct 152:24 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Oct 1611:52 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Thu, Oct 191:14 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Oct 205:38 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Fri, Oct 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

16. Tue, Oct 249:51 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Oct 259:31 PM

    Uranus at opposition

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

18. Fri, Oct 2710:05 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Oct 282:07 AM

    Full Moon Hunter's Moon

    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.